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Inside Chimera Ransomware the first doxingware in wild

The Chimera ransomware comes with several ideas that are novel and may slowly become a new trend. It threatens that in case if the ransom will not be paid, all the stolen files are going to be published, along with the stolen credentials allowing to identify files owner*. This blackmail technique, called doxing provides much more serious threat than just loosing access to files. In addition to blackmail, attackers also search people willingly to cooperate probably for franchising their criminal business probably. Chimera is not obfuscated and can be easily decompiled by typical tools i.e.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2015/12/inside-chimera-ransomware-the-first-doxingware-in-wild/

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