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StorageCrypt Ransomware Infecting NAS Devices Using SambaCry

Recently BleepingComputer has received a flurry of support requests for a new ransomware being named StorageCrypt that is targeting NAS devices such as the Western Digital My Cloud. Victims have been reporting that their files have been encrypted and a note left with a ransom demand of between.4 and 2 bitcoins to get their files back. The current method that it is infecting the NAS devices with StorageCrypt appears to be the same as the Elf_Shellbind variant that was previously used to distribute miners. Users have also reported that each share on their NAS device contains a. Autorun.inf file and a Windows. executable named .

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/storagecrypt-ransomware-infecting-nas-devices-using-sambacry/

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