The last coulple of years, Malware that holds hostage an infected machine and demands money to release ,has become an often encountered threat. This threat type is called as 'Ransomware'.
Usually, the Ransomware impersonates law enforcement agencies and accuse the user for committing network crime .
In a recent attack , an infected user is accused of illegally downloading music. Ransomware authors attempt to add an air of legitimacy to their creation by using the HTML style sheets and image content for the actual organization GEMA (German music copyright organization).
