Double-Encrypting Ransomware

This seems to be a new tactic: Emsisoft has identified two distinct tactics. In the first, hackers encrypt data with ransomware A and then re-encrypt that data with ransomware B. The other path involves what Emsisoft calls a "side-by-side encryption" attack, in which attacks encrypt some of an...

Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick: Double-Encrypting Your Data

Even when you pay for a decryption key, your files may still be locked up by another strain of malware...