No More Ransom is becoming more global as new partners join and new decryption tools are added to fight the blackmail virus
No More Ransom, born less than a year ago, is an initiative strongly backed by the Dutch National Police, Europol, and two companies specializing in cybersecurity, Kaspersky Lab and Intel Security (formerly McAfee), with the goal of helping ransomware victims recover their encrypted data, without having to pay ransom to cyber criminals.
The No More Ransom site not only teaches users how to protect themselves from this infamous ransomware virus, but also provides a number of decryption tools. More than 10,000 victims from all over the world – since last December – have been able to regain possession of their data without shelling out a penny, but simply by using these very tools that can be downloaded for free from the platform. Statistics show that the majority of the website’s visitors come from Russia, the Netherlands, the United States, Italy and Germany.
Worldwide problem
It is, therefore, an initiative that works and is growing very fast. In fact, No More Ransom has recently welcomed some 30 new organizations, including Avast, CERT Polska and Eleven Paths (the Telefonica Cyber Security Unit), demonstrating that ransomware is felt to be a worldwide threat and needs to be fought globally. Continuano, inoltre, ad aderire forze dell’ordine di ulteriori paesi (Australia, Belgio, Israele, Corea del Sud, Russia e Ucraina), oltre all’Interpol.
Gli strumenti gratuiti aumentano
L’arrivo di nuovi partner significa anche l’aggiunta di nuovi strumenti gratuiti per la decodifica di più tipologie di ransomware. Le “armi” per combattere il virus del ricatto, dallo scorso dicembre a oggi, sono arrivate a un totale di quaranta grazie alla possibilità di scaricare dal sito 15 nuovo tool:
- AVAST: Alcatraz Decryptor, Bart Decryptor, Crypt888 Decryptor, HiddenTear Decryptor, Noobcrypt Decryptor e Cryptomix Decryptor
- Bitdefender: Bart Decryptor
- CERT Polska: Cryptomix/Cryptoshield decryptor
- CheckPoint: Merry X-Mas Decryptor eBarRax Decryptor
- Eleven Paths(Telefonica Cyber Security Unit): Popcorn Decryptor
- Emsisoft: Crypton Decryptor e Damage Decryptor
- Kaspersky Lab: Updates on Rakhni and Rannoh Decryptors
The No More Ransom site, previously available in only English, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian, has now added new languages including Finnish, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Slovenian, Spanish and Ukrainian. And more languages are on the way.