A City of London cybercrime unit – the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) – has issued a warning for TorrentLocker ransomware disguised to look as if it’s sent from UK institutions and corporations such as the Ministry of Justice, Home Office, and British Gas. TorrentLocker is malicious software that holds a computer for “ransom” until a certain amount of bitcoin is paid.
TorrentLocker is a clone of CryptoLocker, and as such works in a similar […]
