The computer system of the police department in Durham, New Hampshire has been infected with Cryptowall, a variant of Cryptodefense ransomware that encrypts data and holds it hostage until money is paid for decrypting it. Just like in the case of the infamous Cryptolocker, the attack was carried out via email phishing, with the piece of malware disguised into what appeared to be a legitimate file attached to the system. With Cryptowall loose on the departments computer system, the aff…
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