Attackers Add Ransomware to Bank Fraud Malware: Security
Researchers  By Brian Prince  |  Posted 2012-05-02  A notorious
malware platform targeting financial information has added a new
trick to its portfolioa digital version of hijack and ransom.
According to security firm Trusteer, the Citadel malware
platform is delivering ransomware that hijacks victims'
computers. Ransomware works by restricting access to infected
computer systems so that the attackers can extort payment in
exchange for restoring access.  In this case, the ransomware,
known as Reveton, locks the compromised computer down and
displays a message demanding $100 to unfreeze it. The demand
poses as a message from the U.S. Department of Justice and
claims the computer's operating system has been locked due to
the presence of child pornography.  "This is another example of
financial malware expanding beyond online banking fraud and
being used as a launch pad for other types of cyber-attacks,"
blogged Trusteer CTO Amit Klein. "Citadel is able