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The experts from threat intelligence firm Recorded Future have informed about a new threat – the ransomware called Karmen, capable of encrypting files on the infected PC using the strong AES-256 encryption protocol. The files remain inaccessible until the victim decides to pays a large sum of money for the decryption key.
Unlike the most ransomware-type programs, Karmen is a particularly vicious. The virus is known to permanently delete its decryptor if a sandbox environment or antivirus software is detected on the victim's computer. In case like this, even if the victim pays the ransom, she or he will never regain access to the encrypted files.
This is yet another example of how important it is to make backup copy of our data, esp