Network Admins and network users beware… Have you heard about the new Locky ransomware? It encrypts your data on network shares using AES encryption even when they aren’t mapped. Locky changes filenames for encrypted files to make it more difficult to restore the right data.

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid hackers about $17,000 worth in Bitcoin. And reporters at Forbes say Locky is infecting up to 90,000 network systems every day.

When Locky encrypts a file it will rename the file to the format [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][unique_id][identifier].locky and creates ransom notes called _Locky_recover_instructions.txt.

So, please, BACKUP your data!

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