ransomware

Avast secretly provided victims with DoNex ransomware decryptors before the criminals disappeared

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Updated Researchers at Avast have been secretly distributing decryptors to victims of DoNex ransomware since March after discovering a flaw in the criminals’ cryptography, the company confirmed today. They have also published the decryptor for anyone to use, now that the group no longer appears to pose a serious threat to the cybersecurity sector after … Read more

Here’s more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft’s own users

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Even more ransomware uses Microsoft BitLocker to encrypt company files, steal the decryption key and then extort a payment from the victim organizations, Kaspersky said. The antivirus maker’s Global Emergency Response team discovered the malware, called ShrinkLocker, in Mexico, Indonesia and Jordan, and said the code’s unnamed operators targeted steel and vaccine manufacturing companies, plus … Read more