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The No More Ransom decryption tool repository has so far registered over 4.2 million visitors from 188 countries. The repository has helped save an estimated $632 million for ransomware victims worldwide, with 12% saved by Bitdefender’s GandCrab … Continue reading Bitdefender Accounts for 12% of the $632 Million Stopped by No More Ransom in Four Years
Don’t pay the ransom: That’s the message from the aptly named No More Ransom initiative. A global partnership between public and private sectors, including community involvement, the project has grown 151-strong over three years. By helping victims ac… Continue reading 3 Candles on No More Ransom’s Cake
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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On this episode of the CyberSpeak with InfoSec Institute podcast, Christiaan Beek, lead scientist and senior principal engineer with McAfee, discusses his career path, the future of cybersecurity and…
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Between January and September 2016 ransomware attacks on business increased three-fold –to the equivalent of an attack every 40 seconds. With the ransomware-as-a-service economy booming, and the launch of the NoMoreRansom project , Kaspersky Lab has named ransomware its key topic for 2016. Continue reading Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2016. Story of the year
Between January and September 2016 ransomware attacks on business increased three-fold –to the equivalent of an attack every 40 seconds. With the ransomware-as-a-service economy booming, and the launch of the NoMoreRansom project , Kaspersky Lab has named ransomware its key topic for 2016. Continue reading Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2016. Story of the year
The master decryption keys unlocking files encrypted by the CrySis ransomware have been released. Kaspersky Lab has already updated its Rakhni decryptor to help victims restore their data. Continue reading CrySis Ransomware Master Decryption Keys Released
Victims infected with the MarsJoke ransomware can now decrypt their files; researchers cracked the encryption in the CTB-Locker lookalike last week. Continue reading Researchers Break MarsJoke Ransomware Encryption
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the latest on ShadowBrokers and Cisco, Sweet32, decryptors for the Wildfire ransomware, and some gaming forum breaches.
Security firms and law enforcement launch No More Ransom, a web-based effort dedicated to ransomware awareness and decryption tools. Continue reading Public, Private Sector Team to Fight Ransomware