Think Twice, Pirates, New Ransomware Locks You Up For Good!

[tao]

"New Mac Ransomware Targets Illegal Crack Tool Software"

 

Researchers have uncovered a new form of Mac ransomware, and this one’s a little hard to hate. While it’s never okay to write and spread malicious code, this one targets users who download illegal “crack” tool software.

 

According to a report by TechRadar, “The ransomware payload is hidden in a program that goes by the name of Patcher, which is found on torrent sites and claims to be a crack (to get around needing a license key) for a couple of popular software offerings: Adobe Premiere Pro and Microsoft Office for Mac (and possibly others, as well).”

 

Interestingly, this ransomware demands payment in Bitcoin to unlock your files, but there’s a problem: the researchers could find no source of connection back to the originator. They also found no payment history for this ransomware, meaning no one has taken the bait yet. In theory, that means that your files are locked and there’s actually no way to buy your way out of it. You’re just done.

 

Of all the forms of cybercrime making waves right now, ransomware may be the one with the highest growth for the simple fact that it stands to net the originator the most immediate payout. Locking up your network – especially if the encryption key is readily available and is under a strict deadline to purchase – is a popular tactic, and often comes with a hefty yet manageable price tag. Attempting to sell stolen consumer records on the dark web after a data breach, on the other hand, requires more finesse and skill. There’s also a recent glut of stolen information available, which has driven down the asking price for even complete identities.

 

Therefore, buyer (or non-buyer, in this case) beware: that free download that promises to get you something for nothing might just get you more than you bargained for. 

 

[Ghost RideR]

That's why I download from Trusted sources only 

Thanks for information

[straycat19]

8 minutes ago, Ghost RideR said:

That's why I download from Trusted sources only 

Thanks for information

 

The only trusted source is the software developer and a purchased license.  Everything else is an untrusted source because the poster is never the cracker, just another leecher who found something online and wants to be the first to post it in order to get credit for the post.  The only websites I would trust are a couple that require the poster to test the file and crack before posting and stipulate that they tested it, that it works and that it is clean.  They also will never post a patch/crack/keygen without the nfo and the certification program that declares it an official release.

[Ghost RideR]

8 minutes ago, straycat19 said:

 

The only trusted source is the software developer and a purchased license.  Everything else is an untrusted source because the poster is never the cracker, just another leecher who found something online and wants to be the first to post it in order to get credit for the post.  The only websites I would trust are a couple that require the poster to test the file and crack before posting and stipulate that they tested it, that it works and that it is clean.  They also will never post a patch/crack/keygen without the nfo and the certification program that declares it an official release.

 

By trusted, I mean the software cracker. I got direct access to the sites so I don't go for leechers or other uploaders.

 

Peace 

[Jogs]

Its a clever way to way to stop software piracy. I  am sure the software makers are behind this. Its like 'you  want to crack my soft, I am going to punish you such harshly that you will think a hundred times before cracking my soft again'.

[tao]

15 minutes ago, Jogs said:

Its a clever way to way to stop software piracy. I  am sure the software makers are behind this. Its like 'you  want to crack my soft, I am going to punish you such harshly that you will think a hundred times before cracking my soft again'.

This smart:  are they?

They'd have made a non-crackable software. Or one which disables itself when cracked.  

[Ghost RideR]

8 minutes ago, adi said:

This smart:  are they?

They'd have made a non-crackable software. 

 

non-crackable ? LOL. If a man can make it, he can break it too 

[tao]

2 minutes ago, Ghost RideR said:

non-crackable ? LOL. If a man can make it, he can break it too 

"Omnipotence paradox":  "Could God create a stone so heavy that even He could not lift it?" 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

[tao]

An interesting read: "Trolling Noobs Asking to Hack Whatsapp, Facebook, Gmail etc"

 

When I get noobs asking me to give them hacking software for Whatsapp, Facebook, Gmail etc it makes me want to commit some form of major attrocity, the only way I can make myself feel a little better in my response is to do some trolling of my own by creating some hacky looking Batch files that looks like a noobs paradise.

 

I must say how much it still amazes how these people are happy to blindly download and run an executable a stranger has sent to them that could include keyloggers, reverse shells, a script that deletes the entire hardrive or holds it to ransom… the possibilities are endless. Fortunately because we are nice, we wouldn’t do any of the aforementioned to anyone (regardless of how irritating they are)

 

It should be noted my scripts are purely benign and just make the noob think it is running a hacking program, when in fact all it is doing is chucking random green text around the cmd terminal in an endless loop.

 

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[David]

19 hours ago, straycat19 said:

 

The only trusted source is the software developer and a purchased license.  Everything else is an untrusted source because the poster is never the cracker, just another leecher who found something online and wants to be the first to post it in order to get credit for the post.  The only websites I would trust are a couple that require the poster to test the file and crack before posting and stipulate that they tested it, that it works and that it is clean.  They also will never post a patch/crack/keygen without the nfo and the certification program that declares it an official release.

 

ehehe certification for pirated software

 

its interesting...  two years ago a found my diskette with Dyna game ( i used it 20 years ago in 3.11 system)  now i discovered on later windows that wee has this certification read me txt from the team who cracked it in 1992 ( yep it has the date)

 

was amusing... i think that team is no longer in the scene

[frogman]

On 3/2/2017 at 7:52 AM, Ghost RideR said:

That's why I download from Trusted sources only 

Thanks for information

 

Brought to you by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. in Co-Operation with the Fraudsters running the Plantation Law Society... I smell a Zionist running a scam! - Scarasim got the better of me!

[jamesbond]

On 2.3.2017 at 5:05 PM, Ghost RideR said:

 

non-crackable ? LOL. If a man can make it, he can break it too 

but they can make it really hard to break. an example is the dongle protected steinberg stuff. it took h2o almost forever to build the dongle emu, and that was... many years ago. no group dared to crack a newer version.

[Ghost RideR]

11 hours ago, frogman said:

Brought to you by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. in Co-Operation with the Fraudsters running the Plantation Law Society... I smell a Zionist running a scam! - Scarasim got the better of me!

 

I am having fxxp axx. If you know what it means, good for you.

I end here 

11 hours ago, jamesbond said:

but they can make it really hard to break. an example is the dongle protected steinberg stuff. it took h2o almost forever to build the dongle emu, and that was... many years ago. no group dared to crack a newer version.

 

Yeah, they can do that. But it completely depends on their knowledge. If every developer/coder gets that level of knowledge then crackers/reversers have to find another passion. Lol. I used to be in several cracking groups too, believe me most softwares can be cracked within 5-10 minutes. Just the point is what knowledge you got. 

[steven36]

Well this is good news for Linux if this ever caused a real problem.  not really good news for a site like Nsane though that  most of it's members and visitors come here to get a little  bit of free shareware .

 

 

Back around 2007 i would of had a fit . Microsoft have been allowing piracy for years to stop people who dont have no money to seek out a free OS with all free software after about 2 years of fooling with Linux, shareware or Windows even no longer really matters that much to me. I got bored of the cracking scene back in 2011 and found Linux  thanks to a hard drive failure in 2015 and put Linux on a portable Hard drive and been fooling with it every since.

 

If they were able to stop piracy witch I doubt they can, sounds like a scare tactic to me , poor people will not buy software they would just seek out free alternatives. You can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink  You cant draw blood  out of a turnip , and money dont grow on trees and you cant get what many don't have much of.

 

Only way they could lock you up for good is you not be able to reformat and pirates are use to frying there system and making backups and reformatting , Most pirates already  are using the latest windows long before most consumers or Businesses adopt new OS they get there jollies from updating its like free heroin and they could care less if software vendors lose sales on bags of it.

 

Go to any piracy topic about windows and they will say it's better to clean install windows than upgrade , Well me always buying windows always upgraded with little or no problems  tell they made windows 10 RS1  and it was very buggy at 1st and the upgrade fail so i clean installed it on 2 of my systems.

 

Before most of us who bought windows would wait tell they got the bugs out of it too upgrade .I have a system here i never clean installed I upgraded it from Vista to Windows 7 back in 2010 then I upgraded it to Windows 10 in 2015  and rolled it back to windows 7  and still it works fine lol.

 

I have 2  external hard drives i put  anything i want to keep on them and unplug them after i do everyday and been doing this for 10 years so it dont even matter me if I have too reformat . I deleted more files off my hard drives  and in the cloud than most will ever store in there life lol.

 

Also reading one the links in the OP this ransomware was found in MAC OS  not windows by ESET in a patch witch means they can detect it  while antivirus cant stop ransomware from penetrating a OS unless it has anti ransomware witch i dont how good this would work too prevent it  I  dont go around looking for it too see,  when they put it in a patch or keygen  they can detect it and prevent you from downloading it to began with. People putting exploits in cracks and in installers is nothing new.

 

Back before they closed down filestube it was dangerous to download software from and back around 2008 public p2p was a good place to  get a dose of mallware. Also  I seen malware outbreaks  on several forums as well in my life and most cases not all on smaller forums the staff was fast to react  but the bigger the forum is the harder it is to control .