Thanatos Ransomware Is First to Use Bitcoin Cash. Messes Up Encryption

guest · Feb 26, 2018

Thanatos Ransomware Is First to Use Bitcoin Cash. Messes Up Encryption
February 26, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...rst-to-use-bitcoin-cash-messes-up-encryption/

When the Thanatos Ransomware infects a victim it will use a new key for each encrypted file. The problem, according to researcher Francesco Muroni, is that these keys are never saved anywhere.
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The good news is that according to Muroni it may be possible to brute force the encryption key for each file,. This would take quite a bit of time and would require the file to be a common file type with a known magic header.

While the encryption part of Thanatos is a mess, the ransomware does introduce something new. That is being the first ransomware to accept Bitcoin Cash as a ransom payment. [...]
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