Crypto-ransomware continues to be a very effective way for cyber crooks to "earn" serious money: the method is so lucrative that with a single campaign, the crooks have managed to get their hands on 810 BTC (over $217,000) in a month.
The targets of the latest widespread ransomware delivery campaign are almost exclusively Australian users, and it seems that over 1,200 of them have paid up to have their computers unlocked and their files restored.
The malware - a TorrentLocker variant - is delivered via spoofed emails impersonating the New South Wales government or the Australian Post. In the former example the targets are urged to download a penalty or reminder notice, in the latter information about a delivery.
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