Latest Ransomware Developed to Avoid Russian Systems

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According to new research provided by Trustwave, the code that REvil’s cybercriminals used to launch a recent large-scale ransomware campaign was written in such a way that it avoids machines whose primary language is Russian or a related language, says NBC News. 

Ziv Mador, the vice president of security research at Trustwave SpiderLabs’ said, “They don’t want to annoy the local authorities, and they know they will be able to run their business much longer if they do it this way,” …

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