SamSam ransomware designed to inundate targeted networks with thousands of copies of itself

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SamSam ransomware designed to inundate targeted networks with thousands of copies of itself
Botnet SamSam
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date 2018 / 2018-04-30
Editor/Conference SC Magazine
Link https://www.scmagazine.com/samsam-ransomware-designed-to-inundate-targeted-networks-with-thousands-of-copies-of-itself/article/762178/ (Archive copy)
Author Bradley Barth
Type Blogpost

Abstract

"Instead of blasting out one copy of the malware out to thousands of potential victims over a day or two, the crooks blast thousands of copies of the malware onto computers inside a single organization, pretty much all at once," the IT security company explains in an Apr. 27 blog post authored by senior technologist Paul Ducklin. "And then, almost casually, they offer a 'volume discount' to fix the entire company in one fell swoop."

Bibtex

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   author = {Bradley Barth},
   title = {SamSam ransomware designed to inundate targeted networks with thousands of copies of itself},
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