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Cryptowall 3.0 uses Tor and its little sister I2P to carry chatter between victims and controllers keeping it away from researchers and law enforcement, French anti-malware crusaders say. Researchers Kafeine (@Kafeine) and Horgh (@Horgh_RCE) have released a technical analysis on the malware identified by Microsoft late last …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Q: What the hell does Cryptowall/Cryptolocker have to do with Silk Road Reloaded?

    A: Both the malware and the potential Silk Road replacement... send packets over the World Wide Web!!!

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    software needed

    Someone needs to come up with a folder monitor that if x number of files are modified within x minutes then the computer is either rebooted or somehow the process is killed or paused. Relying on AV and common sense may not be enough with these nasties.

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      Re: software needed

      Wouldn't work as then how would you officially encrypt a drive if your idea existed? How would any application do legit patches? etc.

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  3. JayBS

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    Good idea; let's hope someone is working on this right now.......

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  4. emmanuel goldstein

    Er....

    there was no "Silk Road Reloaded". there was "Black Market Reloaded" and there was "Silk Road 2".

    Also, AFAIK, they were all TOR based. not I2P.

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