"Using cryptolockers as a cyber weapon", Alexander Adamov
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1) The document traces the origins of ransomware back to 1989 with the creation of the AIDS Trojan which encrypted files and demanded payment. 2) It discusses early proof-of-concept ransomware in the 1990s and 2000s that used encryption and demanded small payments. 3) By the 2010s, ransomware like Cerber, Spora, and Locky were infecting victims worldwide and highlighting the global impact of ransomware attacks. Events like the NotPetya attack in 2017 caused widespread damage.
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"Using cryptolockers as a cyber weapon", Alexander Adamov
- 1. Ransomware as a Cyber Weapon Alexander Adamov CEO & Founder @ NioGuard Security Lab
- 2. The beginning: AIDS Trojan Date: 1989 Author: Dr. Joseph Popp Payment: $189 to a post office box in Panama Delivery: 20,000 diskettes dispatched to 90 countries as AIDS education software
- 3. The beginning: AIDS Trojan License agreement: If you install [this] on a microcomputer... then under terms of this license you agree to pay PC Cyborg Corporation in full for the cost of leasing these programs... In the case of your breach of this license agreement, PC Cyborg reserves the right to take legal action necessary to recover any outstanding debts payable to PC Cyborg Corporation and to use program mechanisms to ensure termination of your use... These program mechanisms will adversely affect other program applications... You are hereby advised of the most serious consequences of your failure to abide by the terms of this license agreement; your conscience may haunt you for the rest of your life... and your [PC] will stop functioning normally... You are strictly prohibited from sharing [this product] with others…
- 4. Jim Bates - the author of AIDSOUT and AIDSCLEAR tools Source: https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/magazine/1990/199001.pdf The beginning: AIDS Trojan Virus Bulletin, January 1990
- 5. 1996 A. Young, M. Yung, Cryptovirology: Extortion-Based Security Threats and Countermeasures. In: McHugh J, Dinolt G (eds) Symposium on Security & Privacy. IEEE Computer Society Press, Washington DC, pages 129-141, 1996. The beginning: Cryptolocker PoCs Source: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.121.3120&rep=rep1&type=pdf
- 6. 2005 A. Young, Building a Cryptovirus Using Microsoft’s Cryptographic API. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Security, 2005, pp. 389–401. (Encryption: 3DES) The beginning: Cryptolocker PoCs Source: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/11556992_28
- 7. The beginning: Virus.Win32.Gpcode Date: 2006 Encryption: RSA-660 Payment: $120 via SWIFT / IBAN Source: https://www.knowbe4.com/gpcode
- 8. The beginning: Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak Date: June 2008 Encryption: AES-256 + RSA-1024 Payment: $120 E-gold, Liberty Reserve
- 9. Ransomware In-the-wild ● Cerber ● Spora ● Serpent ● Locky ● PsCrypt/Filecoder Source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/09/06/ransomware-1h-2017-review-global-outbreaks-reinforce-the-value-of-security-hygiene/
- 10. The global impact of ransomware Source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/09/06/ransomware-1h-2017-review-global-outbreaks-reinforce-the-value-of-security-hygiene/
- 11. The global impact of ransomware Source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/09/06/ransomware-1h-2017-review-global-outbreaks-reinforce-the-value-of-security-hygiene/
- 12. NotPetya Attack through M.E.Doc
- 13. XData ransomware
- 14. NotPetya attack through M.E.Doc
- 17. NotPetya attack through M.E.Doc
- 19. NotPetya attack through M.E.Doc
- 23. Спасибо за внимание! Alexander Adamov ada@nioguard.com Twitter: @Alex_Ad facebook.com/alex.adamoff Thank you for attention
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