L' INTELLIGENCE CYBER par Jean-Paul Pinte

A new ransomware strain called Spora has taken the “freemium” model to a new level.

Many ransomware attacks include a try-before-you-buy feature on their pay pages, where you can decrypt one or two files for free as an inducement to trust the crooks.

By allowing you to upload two randomly chosen files and then returning copies of the originals, the crooks are hoping to prove that they do, indeed, have the decryption key they’re offering to sell back to you.

Spora ransomware goes freemium with four different payment options