Quite often, cybercriminals launch attacks against specific targets. In the case of the threat N3TW0RM Ransomware has targeted Israel, where they have launched waves of attacks on computers inside Israeli companies, including a non-profit organization that was recently breached. Israeli media Haaretz reported that at least four Israeli companies and one non-profit organization were successfully hacked in this wave of attacks.
This ransomware actually originates from the Sophos ransomware that was developed to extort money from victims in order to trade it with their own access to data. It means that the malware will somehow manage to lock files on specific computers and force victims to pay a specified sum demanded in fact according to reports, the ransom is in the range of $ 173,000 or more and this sum has had to be paid by the Affected companies although this ransomware leaves a note asking for a sum of $ 231,000.
According to the researchers, N3TW0RM ransomware is called to be one of the most destructive types of malware that packages or locks the files on the victimized computer with sophisticated encryption algorithms. Like all other ransomware identities, N3TW0RM ransomware probably aims to take your files hostage just to make money. These kinds of infectious objects mainly affect all kinds of file types and can also intrude on any Windows operating system based computer.
Mostly, threats like N3TW0RM ransomware usually attack a computer through vicious online means such as spam email attachments and their downloads. If a user probably does not detect such emails as malicious and does not even offer them the required attention, the malware easily manages to attack the inside and initialize its actions. To fix the problem in the current scenario, we suggest that you remove N3TW0RM ransomware with a powerful anti-malware scanner and thoroughly clean your system against your files. After this, you can also restore your files with backups or other data recovery solutions.
See also:
Avaddon, the ransomware that uses DDoS attacks
Ryuk is a Ransomware that attacks companies
