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Star Trek Themed Kirk Ransomware and a Spock Decryptor!
Bleeping Computer ^ | March 16, 2017 | Lawrence Abrams

Posted on 03/17/2017 5:13:53 PM PDT by LouieFisk

Boldly going where no man has gone before, the Kirk Ransomware brings so much nerdy goodness to the table that it could make anyone in IT interested. We have Star Trek, Low Orbital Ion Cannons, a cryptocurrency payment other than Bitcoin, and a decryptor named Spock! Need I say more?

Discovered today by Avast malware researcher Jakub Kroustek, the Kirk Ransomware is written in Python and may be the first ransomware to utilize Monero as the ransom payment of choice.

(Excerpt) Read more at bleepingcomputer.com ...


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KEYWORDS: computer; malware; security; startrek
Set your Tricorder to "Scan".
1 posted on 03/17/2017 5:13:53 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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2 posted on 03/17/2017 5:14:48 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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Will they accept Tribbles as payment?


3 posted on 03/17/2017 5:17:31 PM PDT by W. (Out with scum in government just there to steal our treasure!)
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“Will they accept Tribbles as payment?”
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No, too many troubles with turning tribbles into real money.


4 posted on 03/17/2017 5:24:32 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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Yeah, the bartender on the station wasn’t having any either. Fun episode!


5 posted on 03/17/2017 5:31:33 PM PDT by W. (Out with scum in government just there to steal our treasure!)
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1000 Quatloos to regain control of your computer.


6 posted on 03/17/2017 5:36:31 PM PDT by henkster
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“1000 Quatloos to regain control of your computer.”
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Thrall hackers!


7 posted on 03/17/2017 5:42:51 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: W.

No, that currency is known to devalue quickly.

For each tribble, an average of 10 more are created in 12 hours. At the end of 3 days, your one tribble is now 1/1,7715,61th of its original value.

So it’s like being paid with money from somewhere in between Venezuela and Zimbabwe.


8 posted on 03/17/2017 5:49:27 PM PDT by fruser1
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What was it? Five credits for the first one?


9 posted on 03/17/2017 10:13:24 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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Ya got me, I don’t remember that one...


10 posted on 03/18/2017 8:01:48 AM PDT by W. (Out with scum in government just there to steal our treasure!)
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