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New Locky Ransomware Takes Another Turn
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DaraSingh
DaraSingh,
User Rank: Apprentice
11/11/2017 | 9:28:51 AM
Locky Ransomware attacks
This attack is of very dengerous kind. If your file is locked with locky then your had lost your data and no ways to recover, only the way is if you have the backup of your data then ok.

I faced this situation three times and found that if it enters into your network then only the option is to identify the sytem and remove it immediately form the network else your Network PCs data are going into the dustbin.Sometimes it also encrypt the video and audio files but depending on the programs files formats going to be affecting.

The best way is to use your network safely with proper antivirus and don't install the unnecessary programs and adwares which have the loopholes into its design architecture. If your are a tech giant and want to face the such an problem then you can try locky..... GOOD luck and happy readings.

 

 
kenomouth64
kenomouth64,
User Rank: Apprentice
11/13/2017 | 8:52:08 AM
Possible Improvised Solution
  • At my company we supported 200 client's IT Infrastructure. Well, at least 1 client a week was getting infected with locky, luckily we had backups in each case. However it was still concerning that locky was slipping past the security controls in place. So we developed a "programmitic Block" which prevents any files from writing to the appdata folder. 
  • So, we figured out that for most strains of locky they will right to the appdata folder for install by default. So we just prevent anything from writing to this folder. It has created a few issues but we irnoed those out. It has been working for the clients for  year now. No New infections since it was implemented.


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