Analysis of ‘TorrentLocker’ – A New Strain of Ransomware Using Components of CryptoLocker and Crypto

TorrentLocker is a type of ransomware that mimics features from both CryptoLocker and CryptoWall. It is very successful at encrypting files. The original variant contained encryption flaws that allowed for decryption of the files. This was very quicly remedied by the attackers.

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