Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1,024-Bit Key

[swish]

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzI5NzIsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=

 

Me and Doug decided this would be a fun prank to our co-workers.

 

For those to lazy to click and read:

 

How bad would it piss you off if you fell victim to ransomware that encrypts your files with a 1,024-bit RSA encryption key? Well, if it happens Kaspersky Labs wants to hear from you. They're offering assistance to anyone victimized by this virus.

 

 

 

The malware in this case is the latest version of Gpcode (Kaspersky calls it Gpcode.ak), a nasty piece of "ransomware" that scrambles all of the victim's data files with an encryption key known only to the attacker(s). Victims are told via a pop-up message that they need to purchase a special decryption program to regain access to their data.

 

[bfarrell]

I read a full article of this somewhere the other day (I think reddit), and if I recall correctly it said it would take something like 30 years to decrypt a 660bit key with a 2.2Ghz processor.

 

Can only imagine the havoc a 1024 bit key is causing for these people

[HIS-MOTHER]

I read a full article of this somewhere the other day (I think reddit), and if I recall correctly it said it would take something like 30 years to decrypt a 660bit key with a 2.2Ghz processor.

 

Can only imagine the havoc a 1024 bit key is causing for these people

 

Better get started now then huh? LOL

[kalyse]

Isn't this the one were the ransomware used the same password to decrypt.. lol.

 

If not that was funny non the less.