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Digital attackers are sending out fake flu warnings that appear to come from the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) in order to distribute GandCrab ransomware. An attack begins when a user receives a fake CDC email. The sender field claims that the … Continue reading Attackers Sending Out Fake CDC Flu Warnings to Distribute GandCrab
The Jokeroo ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offers various membership plans through which would-be digital criminals can become affiliates. In his analysis of the ransomware-as-a-service, Bleeping Computer creator and owner Lawrence Abrams found that Jo… Continue reading Various Membership Plans Offered by Jokeroo Ransomware-as-a-Service
In an unusual move, the Lazarus hacking group associated with the North Korean government has recently started targeting organizations from Russia. The group’s primary targets until now have been organizations from countries with which North Kor… Continue reading North Korean Lazarus Group Starts Targeting Russian Organizations
A new decryption tool has been released for free on the No More Ransom depository for the latest strand of GandCrab. This tool was developed by the Romanian Police in close collaboration with the internet security company Bitdefender and Europol, toget… Continue reading Free decryption tool could save victims millions in ransomware payments
This is the third update to the prolific GandCrab malware within the past year. Continue reading New GandCrab Decryptor Unlocks Files of Updated Ransomware
International authorities and the security company Bitdefender have released a new decryption tool meant to help people sidestep infections of the GandCrab ransomware, Europol announced Tuesday. The No More Ransom software initiative, which first began in 2016, is now enabling GandCrab victims to unlock their files for free without meeting extortionists’ demands. The updated No More Ransom software released Tuesday remedies GandCrab versions 5.0.4 through 5.1, which have infected victims since November 2018. “GandCrab has surpassed all other strains of ransomware in 2018, having infected over half a million victims since it was first detected in January last year,” Europol said in a statement. This particular No More Ransom tool was developed by Bitdefender in collaboration with Romanian police, Europol, and law enforcement from throughout Europe, the U.S. and Canada. Previous versions of the software have been downloaded more than 400,000 times, decrypting information for nearly 10,000 victims to the tune of […]
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Researchers have released an updated decryptor that allows victims of GandCrab ransomware version 5.1 to recover their affected files for free. On 19 February, Bitdefender announced that they had developed the decryptor in collaboration with the Romani… Continue reading Decryptor Now Available for Files Affected by GandCrab Ransomware v5.1
Today we’re happy to announce that our collaboration with the Romanian Police, Europol and other law enforcement agencies has yielded another new decryptor for all GandCrab ransomware versions released since October 2018. If you need to decrypt v… Continue reading New GandCrab v5.1 Decryptor Available Now
Torrent sites are banning CracksNow, a popular source of torrent uploads, after discovering that the uploader of cracks and keygens was distributing ransomware. CracksNow was labeled as “trusted” before a number of users started noticing ba… Continue reading Popular Torrents Uploader Caught Sharing ‘GandCrab’ Ransomware
A recent attack on a US hospital gives us a colourful picture of both how a targeted ransomware attack happens, and how it can be stopped. Continue reading Inside a GandCrab targeted ransomware attack on a hospital