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PUBG Ransomware Decrypts Your Files If You Play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader quotes Bleeping Computer: In what could only be a joke, a new ransomware has been discovered called "PUBG Ransomware" that will decrypt your files if you play the game called PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds... When the PUBG Ransomware is launched it will encrypt a user's files and folders on the user's desktop and append the .PUBG extension to them. When it has finished encrypting the files, it will display a screen giving you two methods that you can use to decrypt the encrypted files.
Users can unlock it either by entering a secret unlock code displayed on the screen -- or by playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The ransomware checks to see if you played PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds by monitoring the running processes for one named "TslGame"... Once a user plays the game and the process is detected, the ransomware will automatically decrypt the victim's files. This ransomware is not too advanced as it only looks for the process name and does not check for other information to confirm that the game is actually being played. That means you can simply run any executable called TslGame.exe and it will decrypt the files.

51 comments

  1. Wrong target by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about some ransomware that encrypts all my porn files until I finish doing my taxes?

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    1. Re:Wrong target by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, because how would it know your taxes are actually done? What if you get audited some days later. (Wheerr irrational fears.)

    2. Re:Wrong target by PPH · · Score: 1

      What if you get audited some days later.

      It usually takes a lot more than a few days for the IRS to initiate an audit. Most predators lull their prey into a sense of complacency before they pounce.

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  2. Really. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Like we need more idiots playing this piece of shit game.

  3. Highlighting exactly why pubg sucks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it attacts the worst people ever.

    Someone should really study them.

    1. Re:Highlighting exactly why pubg sucks. by NicknameUnavailable · · Score: 1

      it attacts the worst people ever.

      That's literally every game, it's only since the numale-filled-raging-femenist-generation-of-zealous-millenial-idiots went through college that people seem to think that's some new thing (or took anything seriously anyway.)

    2. Re:Highlighting exactly why pubg sucks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The online-is-real-life folks who get upset by fictional events in games predate millenials, though. Back in the 90s when they were in kindergarten or diapers there were already people freaking out about "crimes" like rape in MUSHes (actual rape victims probably wish they could log out). A lot of Millenials just bought into it, and made it almost true by disclosing their whole lives to Facebook. They're trying to walk it back now by abandoning Facebook for more anonymous stuff like Snapchat, but it has already set the view that online is real life.

      The "worst people" in PubG make it not fun, so you should find a fun game to play and let PubG die. But online is real life, so the trolls are literally Hilter.

  4. Released by pubisher by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Must have been the PUBG publisher that wrote it, otherwise the ransomware would have accepted Fortnite: Battle Royale or plenty of other multiplayer games.

  5. Guaranteed by fred911 · · Score: 2

    90% of those infected will wonder how they got "hacked" and probably the same percentage won't change their behavior or implement any protective process. Next time they'll pay or loose data and still be just as clueless.

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    1. Re:Guaranteed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      whole thing could be a fishing op designed to determine precisely that - who is likely to pay? if they're willing to play a game or simulate playing a game to unlock their files maybe they'd pay too. not the smartest fishing test but script kidz are perhaps not the sharpest knives

    2. Re:Guaranteed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      more likely, it's an anti-PUBG hater who wants to link PUBG to malware in order to damage it in some way.

      sure is taking butthurt over an in-game headshot pretty far...

    3. Re: Guaranteed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was obviously planned by Hillary in the missing mails. #investigatehullarybutnottrumpbecausemaga

    4. Re:Guaranteed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      probably just testing new, uh... distribution methods for something else.

      captcha: dangers

    5. Re:Guaranteed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      more likely, this is a viral marketing campaign designed to raise awareness of PUBG.

  6. Brilliant Attention Grabbing Ploy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    what could possibly go wrong?

  7. Re:Stupid Americans going for another war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Amateur victim, get skillz and get paid already.

  8. Re: WOW! This site really has gone to SHIT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yet here you still are

  9. Re:Stupid Americans going for another war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ZeroHedge has richly deserved reputation as a conduit for Russian propaganda.

  10. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by mnemotronic · · Score: 1

    I would have to say this is a suspicious thread of AC replies.

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  11. Tyler Barriss does ransomware by mnemotronic · · Score: 1

    This ransomware is not too advanced as it only looks for the process name ...

    That swat kiddie has release his primo ransomware.

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  12. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Chris is a great guy. People should let off a little.

  13. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    People shouldn't make fun of him just because he is fat. Most of the people who use Slashdot are fat. If they could get over that, Chris is a great guy deep down.

  14. Re: Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You're a suspicious set of anonymous replies.

    Those definitely aren't the same person, but you are!

    The are person... As... You.... ...

    Check mate, I win, snowflake!

  15. Re:Stupid Americans going for another war by umghhh · · Score: 1

    I feel sorry for Skripals but you can get to feel powers of any state if you tease them too much and he did tease some mighty people. What we do not know of course is who he teased besides FSB and Russian generals.
    Who we are to believe? These days we not only only have Russian but all media channels seem to have deteriorated into some form of propaganda. I admit I did not think this trough when communism ended for me but I kind of implicitly expected no propaganda. That was silly.

  16. ~Re:WOW! This site really has gone to SHIT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You are right....my special snowflake...

  17. SAW 19 by goombah99 · · Score: 1

    I think they stole the plot from Saw 19. Isn't that the one where Saw encrypts 2 people's files and offers to decrypt them for the first one to saw off their pinky?

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  18. I think I can see the flaw in this sentence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    "a secret unlock code displayed on the screen"

  19. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    creamer, ffs! go play PUBG.

  20. Re: Stupid Americans going for another war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You daft cunt.

  21. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You sound bitter, nipple dick.

  22. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Creimer is on YouTube. You want him to be on Twitch as well?

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  24. The real story of creimer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Here is the real story of creimy the mountain and his royalties!

    This story was inspired by cdreimer, the parent poster. The story was written by a visionary on cdreimer birth date.

    The story of creimy the mountain explained:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Creimy is a typical mountain who poses for postcards, living with his wife Ethel, a tree, between the cities of Rosamund and Gorman, California. The main features on his mountainous face are two large caves, resembling eyes, and a cliff for a jaw, which moves up and down when he talks, puffing up dust and boulders.
    click above link to read more, he even destroyed Edwards Air Force Base just by passing by...

    Listen to the audio version here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    "Creimy The Mountain"

    includes quotes from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (Edward Elgar), Johnny's Theme (Paul Anka), Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder (Crawford), O Mein Papa (Paul Burkhard), Over The Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen), Star-Spangled Banner (Smith/Key), Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Stephen Stills)

    One, two, three

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    A regular picturesque
    Postcardy mountain
    Residing between lovely
    Rosamond and Gorman
    With his stunning wife ETHELL, A tree! A tree!

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    (CREIMY was a mountain!)
    ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
    (ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
    (hey, hey hey!)

    Creimy had two big
    Caves for eyes,
    With a cliff for a jaw
    That would go up 'n down,
    And whenever it did,
    He'd puff out some dust,
    And hack up a boulder (HACK!) Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK!)
    Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK! HACK!) Up a boulder

    Now, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El Dorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN

    ("Where the freeways meet in Downey!")

    And he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his 'foot' was supposed to be.

    Now, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS, and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!

    Royalties! Royalties Royalties! Royalty check is in, honey!

    Yes, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH! Yes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty feet!

    A bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!

    I gave him the money He acted real funny He hocked up a rock and It TOTALLED my car!

    Oh, do you Know any trucks Might be bound for THE VALLEY?
    I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (Dear Lord)

    I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (No shit!)

    I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar!

    By two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, CREIMY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL. And with dust and boulders everywhere, CREIMY, choked with excitement, announced

    "ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!"

    Yes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman, she of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.) CREIMY told ETHELL they were going to Yes! They were going to NEW YORK!

    "ETHELL, we're going to New York!"

    But first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS

    It's off to LAS VEGAS to check out the lounges Pull a few handles,
    And drink a few beers, (Oh, ETHELL!)

    ETHELL, my darling, you know that I love you!
    I'm glad we could have a Vacation this year! (Oh, NEET-O!)

    Glad we could have a Vacation this year!

    They left that night, crunchin' across the Mojave Des

    1. Re:The real story of creimer by f3rret · · Score: 1

      The amount of work people will put into complete idiocy never ceases to amaze.

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  25. Re: Stupid Americans going for another war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    A reputation amongst who? You and your friends who believe everything MSNBC tells you but have probably never met a Russian?

    Zero Hedge is PRIMARILY a financial blog and is wildly popular amongst heterodox Wall Street analysts (you know, the ones who didn't crash the economy in 2008). Perhaps you might learn something.

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    1. Re:record games with app screen recorder by SharpFang · · Score: 1

      Shit. And to think I was using it... Uninstalling now.

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  27. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Chris, you bought the shovel and dug your own grave. It's your personality that made you unwanted here.

  28. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Go kiss a woman, you untouchable virgin.

  29. Re:Check out what Slashdot has in store for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No, Chris, your account is "creimer". I signed up "cdreimer" to make fun of your bloated puffed-up ego, you narcissistic fruitcake.