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For the purpose of Downloading Ransomware, Criminals Created SpriteCoin Cryptocurrency

 

SpriteCoin is said to be the latest cryptocurrency in the market, as promoted in the forum and it is sure that this will be quite beneficial for the users. An individual who was victimized for the scam which is probably intended to exploit the exposure around bitcoin as well as the blockchain - willdiscover their Windows system contaminated with ransomware.

 

On the blog post, 22nd Jan, analyst of FortiGuard Labs from Fortinet warned that, SpriteCoin ransomware encrypted computers and also harvests Chrome as well as Firefox browser's credentials and saved them utilizing an installed SQLite engine and after that it is being transferred to the malicious actors, Tor site through POST requests.

 

Although there is no existence of SpriteCoin, the advertisers are receiving their payments of ransom by utilizing the advantage of authentic cryptocurrency. The surprising twist is, the hackers are demanding that they want the payment in Monero, not Bitcoin. Monero is a cryptocurrency which is popular among the cyber criminals, since its wallet address stay unknown, uploaded on scmagazine.com dated 23/01/2018.

 

Spirit Coin is promoted on the forum and social engineering is needed to compromise the targets successfully. While numerous types of ransomware are dispatched via phishing emails, this type is conveyed as a digital currency wallet as told to the user and this contain SpriteCoin.

 

Fortinet trusts the main attackaim for SpriteCoin ransomware is the online forums, utilizing digital money-themed spam to attract viewers, to download the maliciousSpriteCoin application packagethrough a link. Right now, 1 Monerocost $322 while the scam of ransomware requests the sufferer to pay 0.3 Monerothat could be nearly$100.

 

Those who have downloaded the malware are being asked to put the wallet password and prompt to keep the input field empty. After tapping the "Next Step" users able to a progress button and a relating message stating, the blockchain is downloading - however in real the malware is encrypting a diversity of files. Are you a cryptocurrency investor? Are you new in this business? Then be careful, pay special attention to cyber attackers and select a safe wallet.

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