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The hackers&#8217; ultimate goal is to turn a successful intrusion into financial gain through ransomware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI believes the hackers use remote desktop protocols purchased from the dark web. With the protocols, the hackers are able to \u201cinfect victims with minimal detection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom there, the ransomware \u2018fun and games\u2019 begin for the authors,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/05\/samsam-ransomware-need-know\/\">wrote<\/a> Malwarebytes, a threat intelligence firm, in an analysis of the SamSam virus. \u201cFor everyone else, it\u2019s chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSamSam actors leave ransom notes on encrypted computers. These instructions direct victims to establish contact through a Tor hidden service site,\u201d the FBI\u2019s alert read. \u201cAfter paying the ransom in Bitcoin and establishing contact, victims usually receive links to download cryptographic keys and tools to decrypt their network.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint alert suggested using strong passwords, two-factor authentication and updating computers as a defense against the SamSam malware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alert comes a week after the Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-iranian-men-indicted-deploying-ransomware-extort-hospitals-municipalities-and-public\">indicted<\/a> two Iranian nationals for allegedly authoring the SamSam ransomware in a scheme to collect over $6 million. 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