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New Wyvern BTCWare Ransomware Released

September 22, 2017  By Lawrence Abrams

 

A new variant of the BTCWare ransomware was discovered by ID-Ransomware’s Michael Gillespie that appends the .[email]-id-[id].wyvern extension to encrypted files. The BTCWare family of ransomware is distributed by the developers hacking into remote computers with weak passwords using Remote Desktop services. Once they are able to gain access to a computer, they will install the ransomware and encrypt the victim’s files.

 

If you find that are infected with this ransomware, do not shutdown your computer as there may be a way to decrypt it. Instead contact Michael Gillespie for instructions.

 

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