Email Security – Attachment Virus
January 7, 2019
Case AnalysisCase Analysis
Ransomware emails usually have an intriguing subject and body to entice receivers to open the attachment. As shown above, the attachment is compressed. The virus file is an executable with the extension of js. To disguise it as a seemingly secure text file, the attacker adds .txt in the file name. Files encrypted by this virus can only be decrypted upon payment of the ransom. (more…)
