TeslaCrypt 2.0 Ransomware Comes With Improved Encryption Mechanism

By Eduard Kovacs on July 14, 2015
 
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered version 2.0 of TeslaCrypt, a file-encrypting ransomware first spotted in February 2015.

TeslaCrypt made numerous headlines earlier this year because in addition to the file types targeted by most ransomware, this piece of malware also encrypts video game files. However, the encryption scheme used in some of the earlier versions was not too efficient and researchers managed to develop tools that victims could use to recover encrypted files.

The latest version of TeslaCrypt (detected by Kaspersky as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Bitman.tk) comes with several improvements, including a new encryption scheme that makes it impossible to recover files encrypted by the malware, Kaspersky experts said.
 
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