It has been quite a while since posting on ransomware trends.
Here is a quick roundup collected over the past few weeks.
CryptoPrevent v7.0 Released! - Foolish IT LLC - I really like the new interface of v7.x. It stays simple but can expand with additional more powerful options if needed. I continue to protect all of our home systems with this tool (and the layers of other av/am software as well). I highly recommend it for home users as an added level of prevention.
See also the unrelated Cryptolocker Prevention Kit (updated) from Spiceworks that offers an alternative protection solution. Get the download from here.
Finally, I kindly remind you of CryptoLocker Defense for Sysadmins - EventSentry Blog - new and interesting enterprise-class tool for detection of CryptoLocker threats.
Some rescue possible
FireEye and Fox-IT joined up and have started a free service that may allow some users infected with earlier variants of Cryptolocker to unlock their files at no cost.
- DecryptCryptoLocker - FireEye and Fox-IT
- New Site Recovers Files Locked by Cryptolocker Ransomware - Krebs on Security
- FireEye and Fox-IT tool can help recover Crilock-encrypted files - Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog
- FireEye, Fox-IT launch free service to combat Cryptolocker ransomware - ZDNet
- Decryption keys are now freely available for victims of CryptoLocker - Bleeping Computer News
- Free Service to Help CryptoLocker Victims by FireEye and Fox-IT - InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog
So is the ransomware threat gone? Hardly. If not gone, morphing into new variants, all the more dangerous.
- CryptoLocker ransomware intelligence report - Fox-IT International blog
- Meet CryptoWall, The New Ransomware Leader (with heatmap) - Spiceworks
- CryptoWall - A new ransomware from the creators of CryptoDefense - Bleeping Computer News
- Ransomware Race (Part 1): CryptoWall ups the ante - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
- Ransomware Race (part 2): Personal media the next frontier? - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
- Ransomware Race (Part 3): SynoLocker Under The Hood - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
- Ransomware Race (Part 4): Adult Content, Browlock's Staying Power - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
- Ransomware Race (part 5): SynoLocker's unkept promises - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
- How-To-Decrypt PowerShell Ransomware flaw makes recovery impossible - Bleeping Computer News
- ZeroLocker - a new destructive encrypting ransomware - Bleeping Computer News
Continue to stay protected!
Cheers.
--Claus Valca
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