[2019-02-17]Crypto Ransomware Attacks Soppy Users Demanding Money

[Vladdirescu87]

Internet users have recently reported being provoked to open a phishing email containing crypto ransomware links. Cybercriminals used the ransomware program ‘GandCrab’ to encrypt victim’s data and requested a payout in Bitcoin or Dash for lifting a block from their files.

According to a report released by the Mimecast Threat Labs Team, criminals used GandCrab to encode user’s files. Victims of a cyber attack were sent emails containing romantic lines, namely ‘This is my love letter to you’, ‘Wrote my thoughts down about you’, ‘My letter just for you’ and ‘Felt in love with you.’

Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/crypto-ransomware-attacks/

[Danezu]

According to Bitdefender, they released a free decryptor to help victims. The latest version is GandCrab v5.1 Decryptor.

[Lanatsa]

According to Bitdefender, they released a free decryptor to help victims. The latest version is GandCrab v5.1 Decryptor.

If its totally free then it worth to try on but if not then it is typically a business.
Ransomware attacks is never been new and those hackers are just lurking in the shadows finding the right opportunity to attack and making some easy money into their victims.
If you dont like to have future problems then never ever store sensitive files on your own PC 

[gentlemand]

I love it when a total stranger emails me and tells me they're in love with me. What could be more romantic?

If you're on the internet you should be savvy enough to know not to click on stuff like that by now, and what ransomware is and even more so if you're backed up you can shrug it off. Balls to 'em.

[Kemarit]

I really don't know if people can still feel for this so called "romantic lines". I would be scared to begin with if I received some kind of email from strangers and I will delete the e-mails right away, LOL. But it looks like there are still people who feel victims, damn those hackers are really one step of the game and are targeting gullible crypto noobs. I wonder though why Russians are not targeted,  . Hmmm, does it mean the the hackers came from Russian? 

As per the article:

This ransomware is created to shoot lonely hearts in the Valentine’s period, however, Russians remain immune to such attacks because the program can detect Russian computers and leave them alone. These systems are considered to be designed in such a way that they do not target Russian users. 

[ASHLIUSZ]

I love it when a total stranger emails me and tells me they're in love with me. What could be more romantic?

If you're on the internet you should be savvy enough to know not to click on stuff like that by now, and what ransomware is and even more so if you're backed up you can shrug it off. Balls to 'em.

That's true, with technology we are interconnected, and it is our duty not to fell as a prey to the hackers. There were several such ransomware attacks demanding huge sum of bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies to be anonymous. It is good to segregate the emails that's for us and open it which lets us to be more secure.

[Harlot]

Sometimes people are too dumb to understand and realize that what they are mostly believing is real. They tend to fall prey in this kinds of tactics as they are too gullible. If I myself would receive that email, I'll instantly delete it as I know that email scams mostly happen even if it is not sent to the spam folder also email fraud like this one are too common the only thing being change is on how they will try to scam or blackmail you.

[dunfida]

Sometimes people are too dumb to understand and realize that what they are mostly believing is real. They tend to fall prey in this kinds of tactics as they are too gullible. If I myself would receive that email, I'll instantly delete it as I know that email scams mostly happen even if it is not sent to the spam folder also email fraud like this one are too common the only thing being change is on how they will try to scam or blackmail you.

You would really delete it if you do know that you havent done anything but what if you can see some attachments or preview of your images with you actual doing.Then it wont really be that
easy to be neglected.
Hackers do exist and make money because they can really blackmail someone and make money with it.Most of them are fake threats but there are really some real ones and as a victim you wont really have any choice but to sent out on what they have demanded.

[veleten]

I love it when a total stranger emails me and tells me they're in love with me. What could be more romantic?

If you're on the internet you should be savvy enough to know not to click on stuff like that by now, and what ransomware is and even more so if you're backed up you can shrug it off. Balls to 'em.

when a stranger emails me and tells me they're in love with me
the first thing I do is checking my appartment for hidden cams and changing my jogging route 
nowadays you simply do not click on the links in your email, especially coming from the sources you do not know
social engineering is working even on security specialists, I heard stories about banking security breached due to the staff (security specialists namely)clicking on the links
so never underestimate the power of stupidity