Hidden Tear Ransomware – An Open Source Terror for Windows Operating System
Flog of ransomware is by far today’s biggest computer security concern. Threat actors have stepped into the crypto realm & thrown down the gantlet to antivirus labs hat are still figuring out ways to do away with his challenge. Ransomware based on open source code , especially variants based on Hidden Tear continue to proliferate to spread consternation among masses and hence reap monetary gains. The ease of availability and deployment of this open source Ransomware code allows even novice developers to extort victims with this ransomware family. The first few Hidden Tear-based variants didn’t stray far from originals. But it comes as no surprise that the developers of ransomware keep building on the released code with minor tweaks to create improved variants. Hidden Tear Ransomware- Threat Behavior Hidden Tear is the first open- source Ransomware Trojan that targets Microsoft windows operating system. During its release, the Ransomware was advertised as bein...