A new strain of ransomware is posing as an update for Windows, forcing individual web users to pay roughly $2,500 in exchange for the safe return of their data.
These are the findings of an investigation by HP Wolf Security, whose experts discovered the Magniber ransomware being distributed in September this year via a website owned by the attackers.
The site entices victims to download a .ZIP archive, which holds a JavaScript file that masquerades as either an important antivirus or Windows 10 software update.