Apparently Ed Skoudis is also psychic. The bad guys have something that looks like the vaderbot! Internet Storm Center Reader, Nick Hawley, reported the following to the handlers:
It seems that Ed's Hack Quiz may have become exceptionally useful in light of a new virus/class of virus. It seems that what Sophos is calling "Trojan.Ransom.A" locks the console so that the system can only be accessed remotely. Check out
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojransoma.html.
Seems that the empire really IS hacking back...
What do you know... educational and fun!
Don
OSCP - Offensive Security Certified Professional : Failed my first attempt at the OSCP exam
