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Scammy-Looking Shark Project Delivers Fully Working Ransomware - EXCLUSIVE
Serbian security researcher GrujaRS shared with Softpedia a ransomware project called Shark, freely distributed on the Deep Web, but which appears to be a scam at a closer inspection, even if it produces valid and running ransomware…
Anyone can download a version of the Shark builder from the Shark Ransomware Project's homepage, which is not on the Dark Web (Tor/I2P), nor is it freely reachable via Google, being on that section of the public Internet where search and indexing bots can't reach it.
Users get a ZIP file (which appears to be carrying a secret friend) that unpacks into three files: ReadMe.txt, Payload Builder.exe, and Shark.exe. The ReadMe.txt file reads:
[CITATION]Attention! We recommend you to use a virtual machine when working with this files. And do not run payload.exe on your PC. Good luck![/CITATION]
Shark.exe is a ver...