Shamoon Data-Wiping Malware Now Comes with Ransomware Option

And: another data-destruction variant discovered, with similarities to Shamoon.

More signs that destructive data-annihilation attacks are on the rise: researchers at Kaspersky Lab today detailed a new family of data-wiping malware that uses more advanced methods of hiding out and evading detection.

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