What we do know, though, is that Stampado is fully functional and written in the AutoIT scripting language. When installed, it will encrypt a victim's files using AES encryption and then demand a ...

A decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware has been developed and made avaliable to download for free by researchers at antivirus provider Avast. Ladislav Zezul, a malware researcher at Avast’s parent ...

A new type of PC ransomware hit users a couple of weeks ago and it's some of the most dangerous malware of its kind. While previous ransomware apps would encrypt just specific personal data on a ...

Kaspersky has released a decryptor for the Fonix Ransomware (XONIF) that allows victims to recover their encrypted files for free. Fonix Ransomware, also known as Xinof and FonixCrypter, launched in ...

Cybercriminals behind a new ransomware program called CoinVault are trying out a new psychological tactic to convince users to pay up—freebies. The new threat was discovered by security researchers ...

MEGA ' claims that user-uploaded files are encrypted end-to-end and cannot be decrypted even if someone seizes the entire infrastructure. However, according to research results released by a research ...

The key used for these kinds of symmetric encryption is called as File Encryption Key (or FEK). This FEK is in return encrypted with a public or a private key algorithm like RSA and stored with the ...

The emergence of a worldwide ransomware attack so soon after WannaCry is bad enough, but what's making matters worse is the fact that the victims can't contact whoever's responsible for NotPetya ...