2/21/2023 0 Comments Bitdefender 2019 update![]() The operators of GandCrab stated that they had extorted more than two billion US dollars from their victims. The blackmailer software works according to an "affiliate model": the developers make the malware available to interested parties as a service and receive part of the profit in return. GandCrab has been very active since January 2018, reaching a Ransomware "market share" of over 50 percent in just a few months through August 2018. The decryption tools for GandCrab released until now by Bitdefender and partner agencies have helped over 30,000 victims to recover encrypted data, saving more than $50 million in no ransom. Now data encrypted by versions 1, 4 and 5 of the GandCrab malware can be decoded. The new tool enables affected parties to recover encrypted information without having to pay horrendous millions in ransom to hackers. ![]() GandCrab is one of the most productive families of file encryption malware to date. It counteracts and neutralizes the latest versions of GandCrab. The free tool was provided in cooperation with Europol, the Romanian police, DIICOT, the FBI, NCA, the Metropolitan Police as well as the police in France, Bulgaria and other law enforcement agencies. Now the antivirus vendor Bitdefender has released a new version of its decryption software for the Ransomware GrandCrab. Bitdefender has released an updated Decryptor I had reported in the post GandCrab ransomware: They say, they are retiring about that. After this exit, victims can no longer return the data after paying a ransom. A few days ago, the developers of this ransomware announced that they would retire. It was known that the backers of the campaigns are successful and infect many computers. Only if the victim pays ransom does he get a key to get back to his data. (Source: Pexels Markus Spiske CC0 Lizenz) ![]() ![]() If a victim falls for it, the GandCrab Ransomware encrypts all data on the infected computer and replaces the desktop background with a message with the ransom demand Cyber criminals try to send the Gandcrab Trojan to their victims via fake application emails. The blackmail Trojan GandCrab was still widely distributed in email campaigns in the last weeks. I had reported about this Ransomware in my blog. ![]()
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