Dark Reading: Attackers Clobbering Victims With One-Two Punch Of Ransomware And DDoS

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Encrypted systems now being added to botnets in the latest incarnations of ransomware attacks, with experts expecting this to become standard practice.

5/24/2016
By Ericka Chickowski

As if ransomware weren't bad enough, attackers are now making the most of their attacks by adding victimized machines to distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets at the same time that they're encrypted and held hostage, according to warnings from several security research organizations in the last week.

This one-two punch is a natural gimme for profit-minded attackers and one which security pundits expect will be standard issue for most ransomware kits in the near future.

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