'Perfect' ransomware is the scariest threat to your PC

'Perfect' ransomware is the scariest threat to your PC

John P. Mello Jr. @jpmello

• Mar 9, 2014 9:30 AM
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Nothing spurs malware development like success, and that’s likely to be the case in the coming months with ransomware.

Ransomware has been around for around a decade, but it wasn’t until last fall, with the introduction of CryptoLocker, that the malevolent potential of the bad app category was realized. In the last four months of 2013 alone, the malicious software raked in some $5 million, according to Dell SecureWorks. Previously, it took ransomware purveyors an entire year to haul in that kind of money.
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A 5 million $ business now....and of course more will jump in when they realize that.