A malware author by the name Luc1F3R is peddling a new ransomware strain called Halloware for the lowly price of $40. The offer is either too good to be true, Halloware is a scam, or the ransomware is not as sophisticated as Luc1f3R believes. The Halloware ransomware encrypts files using a hardcoded AES-256 key and prepends the “(Lucifer)”” string to encrypted files. Once encrypted
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