Up to now, the malware program CryptoLocker has been king of the ransomware roost, but PowerLocker may present a new challenge. “It has some interesting countermeasures to thwart researchers,” said Harry Sverdlove, CTO of Bit9. Among those countermeasures are the ability to determine if it’s running on a virtual machine — and if so, to alter its behavior. Researchers will run questionable programs on virtual systems to avoid infecting a networked box.
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PowerLocker Takes Ransomware to a New Level
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 13, 2014 06:00 AMUp to now, the malware program CryptoLocker has been king of the ransomware roost, but PowerLocker may present a new challenge. “It has some interesting countermeasures to thwart researchers,” said Harry Sverdlove, CTO of Bit9. Among those countermeasures are the ability to determine if it’s running on a virtual machine — and if so, to alter its behavior. Researchers will run questionable programs on virtual systems to avoid infecting a networked box.