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Crooks are targeting government and educational institutions with a new ransomware family named MarsJoke (or JokeFromMars), discovered in late August, but which came to life this week through a massive email spam wave. The group behind this ransomware is using emails disguised as air travel confirmation notifications, which also contain a link to a downloadable EXE file. Running this file installs the MarsJoke ransomware, which locks the user's data with the AES-256 encryption algorithm. Once the ransomware locks the files, it asks the user to pay 0.7 Bitcoin, which is around ~$320 at the time of writing. MarsJoke copies the CTB-Locker visual style The ransomware, discovered by Proofpoint researcher Darien Huss, replaces the user's desktop wallpaper and leaves ransom notes in ... ...