Decryption Tool Available for Crypto-Malware Operation Global III

  • 10 December 2014
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By Ionut Ilascu    10 Dec 2014, 10:50 GMT Ransom message is similar to police scareware
 
A patching utility against crypto-malware Operation Global III (OG3) has been created, to prevent users from paying the ransom and free their files in a simple and efficient manner.
The tool, developed by malware researcher Nathan Scott, takes advantage of the fact that the authors of the threat did not do too good of a job and actually left the decryption keys within easy reach.

In a video published on YouTube (available below), Scott says that after the file encryption finishes, a lock screen showing the ransomware message is enabled.

 

OG3 is not the work of professionals

 
The text is a combination of police scareware and crypto-malware because the communication claims to be from law enforcement as a result of copyright infringement. The victim is informed that the penalties for the alleged offense are five years in a federal prison and a $250,000 / €202,000 fine. Full Article

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