WEB-THREAT_CRYPCTB
August 12, 2015
PLATFORM:
Windows
OVERALL RISK RATING:
DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
REPORTED INFECTION:
Threat Type: Web Threat
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This detection is for web threats related to ransomware known as Curve-Tor-Bitcoin (CTB) Locker. These web threats, usually URLs, are embedded in email as attachment and used to redirect and download CTBLocker, a known ransomware family.