First Submission 2017-07-12 13:30:35
https://virustotal.com/#/file/a242c9ddf4e92088ab3caf11605cb9a35c77fa751c9f37b54eeec0b962cf56d1/detection
First Submission 2017-07-09 22:46:44
https://virustotal.com/#/file/cce0da7814b5966ffacfecacec0e87aec83989889b56e4dc37eed7873b51617f/detection
How to report >> https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438
Should be added to detection, read about analysis here: https://www.reverse.it/sample/7a6d5ae7d7bc2849ea40907912a27e8aa6c83fafd952168f9e2d43f76881300c?environmentId=100
A new ransomware variant avoided detection by being spread through a spear phishing email campaign as an obfuscated PowerShell script. Many traditional anti-malware solutions are not ready for the next generation of ransomware attacks:
see test results:
-https://www.acronis.com/en-us/blog/posts/nioguard-security-lab-are-you-protected-next-generation-ransomware-attacks *1
Also see: https://malwr.com/analysis/N2NjMzUwNzQ4NDNlNDIwYWI5NjY2ZDBkODM1ODU5YWM/
Re: -https://reports.nioguard.com/RansomwareProtectionTest_April2017.pdf *2 (links *1 & *2 not given live, as we here do not spam for alternate products). Also read on detection: https://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/new-powershell-ransomware-coming-in-malspam-emails-pretending-to-be-email-bounce-messages/
polonus (volunteer website security analyst and website error-hunter)