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Cyber security company Check Point has reported new extortion attacks in which cybercriminals speak “on behalf of the FBI” and require victims to pay a “fine” with a credit card.
A Check Point report dated April 28 talks about Android malware called Black Rose Lucy, which "does not ask for a cryptocurrency buyback."
Check Point has tracked the path of this malware since September 2018. It is supposed to have appeared in Russia as the Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) botnet. The software is able to make various changes to devices and install malicious applications that extort money from users.
Black Rose Lucy encrypts files on the infected device and generates a fake warning from the FBI, accusing victims of storing pornographic content on their devices.
The “message from the FBI” also says that user information has already been uploaded to the data center of the FBI Department of Cybercrime, and that charges have already been made against the owner of the device.
After such intimidation, fraudsters offer to pay a fine of $ 500 through a credit card.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Emsisoft analyst Brett Kallow said that a “real ransomware group” would not ask for credit card payments.
Source: coinspot.io
A Check Point report dated April 28 talks about Android malware called Black Rose Lucy, which "does not ask for a cryptocurrency buyback."
Check Point has tracked the path of this malware since September 2018. It is supposed to have appeared in Russia as the Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) botnet. The software is able to make various changes to devices and install malicious applications that extort money from users.
Black Rose Lucy encrypts files on the infected device and generates a fake warning from the FBI, accusing victims of storing pornographic content on their devices.
The “message from the FBI” also says that user information has already been uploaded to the data center of the FBI Department of Cybercrime, and that charges have already been made against the owner of the device.
After such intimidation, fraudsters offer to pay a fine of $ 500 through a credit card.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Emsisoft analyst Brett Kallow said that a “real ransomware group” would not ask for credit card payments.
Source: coinspot.io