locky

Adjective

Meaning

Having locks or tufts.

Examples

“During our testing, the malware payload was updated with newer versions of either Locky and Kovter, but technically the attackers can change this to any malware they wish to use,” it wrote. Source: Internet

My understanding is that Malwarebytes blocks the Locky virus (just an example, I’m not associated with Malwarebytes but will probably start using it at home). Source: Internet

Unfortunately, at this time, there is no known way to decrypt files encrypted by Locky. Source: Internet

Unfortunately, most people do not realize Locky is on their computer until it displays the ransom note and your files have already been encrypted. Source: Internet

When you enable the macros, the document downloads and saves a file to disk which encrypts all of your data with Locky until you pay the ransom. Source: Internet

WildFire continues to detect Locky, and AutoFocus identifies this threat under the Unit 42 “ Source: Internet

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