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Title: CryptoWall 4 Talos White Paper
Post by: Dieselboy on May 15, 2016, 09:29:58 PM

http://www.talosintel.com/files/publications_and_presentations/papers/CryptoWall4_WhitePaper.042016.pdf

Title: Re: CryptoWall 4 Talos White Paper
Post by: deanwebb on May 16, 2016, 06:41:00 AM

Thanks for the link!

EDIT: This is my biggest takeaway - create a file named HELP_YOUR_FILES.PNG and drop it in your main data storage directories, like C:\, documents, music, pictures, videos, downloads, dropbox, box, desktop, your main user folder, etc. That blocks CryptoWall from encrypting files in that directory.

Title: Re: CryptoWall 4 Talos White Paper
Post by: Dieselboy on May 17, 2016, 01:22:41 AM

I am tempted to go and place a hidden image file with that name in all network share directories...

Title: Re: CryptoWall 4 Talos White Paper
Post by: deanwebb on May 17, 2016, 06:37:37 AM

Quote from: Dieselboy on May 17, 2016, 01:22:41 AM
I am tempted to go and place a hidden image file with that name in all network share directories...

As long as it's not hidden to the CryptoWall search function, it'll do the job.

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