Ransomware scammers hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau koom nrog cov classic gore-filled videogame Mortal Kombat rau hauv lawv qhov kev sim tshiab los daws cov neeg raug tsim txom tsis zoo ntawm lawv cov bitcoin.
As qhia los ntawm PCMag, qhov kev tawm tsam tsom rau Windows khoos phis tawj ntawm emails qhia tias yog los ntawm crypto hnab nyiaj thiab kev them nyiaj platform CoinPayments. Cov emails tau ceeb toom rau cov neeg siv tias lawv qhov kev sim them nyiaj "sijhawm" ua ntej cov ntaub ntawv ZIP phem kaw lawv lub khoos phis tawj thiab nthuav tawm Mortal Kombat-themed daim ntawv nqe txhiv.
Daim ntawv no coj lawv mus rau ib qho kev xa xov app uas lawv tuaj yeem tiv tauj cov neeg tawm tsam thiab them cov bitcoin xav tau los qhib lawv cov ntaub ntawv.
Raws li kev sib txuas lus loj heev Cisco's cybersecurity division Talos, qhov kev tawm tsam tau tsom rau txhua hom neeg siv, los ntawm cov tuam txhab loj mus rau cov tib neeg.
Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm, Talos tau hais tias, "MortalKombat tsis tau qhia tus cwj pwm wiper lossis tshem tawm cov duab ntxoov ntxoo ntim ntawm tus neeg raug tsim txom lub tshuab. Txawm li cas los xij, nws cuam tshuam Windows Explorer, tshem tawm cov ntawv thov thiab cov folders los ntawm Windows startup, thiab lov tes taw Run command window ntawm tus neeg raug tsim txom lub tshuab, ua rau nws inoperable, "(ntawm PCMag).
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Raws li Talos, cov ntaub ntawv tsis zoo ZIP siv kuj tau nqa lwm daim ntawm malware hu ua Laplas Clipper, tsim los tso cov neeg raug tsim txom cov hnab nyiaj crypto.
"Laplas Clipper yuav saib xyuas cov ntawv teev lus ntawm lub khoos phis tawj muaj kab mob rau txhua qhov chaw nyob hauv hnab nyiaj cryptocurrency," said Talos daim ntawv tshaj tawm.
"Thaum tus malware pom tus neeg raug tsim txom lub hnab nyiaj qhov chaw nyob, nws xa nws mus rau tus neeg tawm tsam-tswj Clipper bot, uas yuav tsim kom muaj qhov chaw nyob zoo li lub hnab nyiaj thiab sau nws rau tus neeg raug tsim txom lub tshuab cov ntawv teev cia."
Qhov kev dag ntxias tau khiav txij lub Kaum Ob Hlis thiab tseem tsom rau cov neeg siv hauv tebchaws Askiv, Qaib ntxhw, thiab Philippines.
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Tau qhov twg los: https://protos.com/bitcoin-get-over-here-scam-used-mortal-kombat-to-steal-crypto/