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Locky ransomware menace is spreading like some kind of virus

March 10, 2017

INTERNET PEOPLE should be alert to the threat of Locky, a new malware strain that wants to part you from your hard-earned.

Locky, as we learn at the Trustwave website, is a swine, and a greedy one at that. It’s ransomware with a dash of spamming and JavaScript that is after your pennies, apparently.

“We are currently seeing extraordinarily huge volumes of JavaScript attachments being spammed out which, if clicked on by users, lead to the download of ransomware.

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