Η telemetry ESET LiveGrid displays a climax in detection of malicious software JS / Danger.ScriptAttachment (Locky) into a various European countries. The more remarkable percentages detection are noted on Luxembourg (67%), Czech republic (60%), Austria (57%), Netherlands (54%) and United Kingdom (51%), but also in other European countries. Especially elevated detection rates into a Greece and Cyprus, where they reach 43%.
Shows up as an email attachment and after being opened, the threat behind these scans is designed to download and installe different malware variants on Appliances of the victims.
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"Users of ESET solutions are protected from this threat. Our solutions can block malicious downloads and implementation of various ransomware families,” comments Ondrej Kubovič, IT Security Specialist of ESET.
The JS / Danger.ScriptAttachment has the same purpose as the malicious downloader Nemucod which hit the internet globally in various waves. OR ESET had warned users about the threat at the end of December 2015, and again March 2016.
Η ESET believes that particular ransomware constitutes currently a of the most dangerous computer threats, which seems unlikely to change to near future. Hence, η ESET recommends to its users Internet, either at home or corporate level, to update computers and the software their, to use reliable security software and to carry out regularly copies of their valuable data.
Prevalence of downloader JS / Danger.Script.Attachment in Europe
The percentages detection range from 67% (Luxembourg) to below 1% (Belarus, Ukraine).
Primary levels:
Luxembourg: 67%
Austria: 57%
Netherlands: 54%
United Kingdom: 51%
Germany: 48%
Denmark: 48%
Ireland 46%
Sweden: 46%
Belgium: 45%
Greece 43%
Spain: 42%
Finland: 42%
Norway: 40%
France: 36%
Portugal: 30%
Poland: 26%
