New Popcorn Time Ransomware Adopts Referral Marketing Strategy
Popcorn Time ransomware offers victims a chance to claim the decryption key for free, if they infect two more users. Ransomware has become the latest evil on the internet. The number of victims falling to ransomware attacks either due to negligence or lack of awareness about good internet usage practices has been on a rise since the past couple of years. Almost all ransomware attacks are accompanied by a demand for payment in Bitcoin. Due to the rising attacks, media outlets, cyber security firms and even law enforcement agencies have started advising internet users on safe internet usage....
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