'No More Ransom': A Summer Ransomware Project by Tech Security Giants
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'No More Ransom': A Summer Ransomware Project by Tech Security Giants

THELOGICALINDIAN - Europol the Dutch civic badge McAfee Intel Security and Kaspersky Labs havespent this accomplished summer helpingvictims of ransomware Calling themselves the No More Ransom Project the grouphelps bodies apprentice about ransomware and how to anticipate it as able-bodied as alms accoutrement to advice victims balance absent data

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A Web Portal Dedicated to Preventing and Solving Ransomware Exploits

nmrRansomware has become an catching for bodies surfing the web. According to McAfee’s quarterly threats report, the accomplishment has added 113 percent back aftermost year.

The No More Ransom Project is committed to educating the accessible about this awful activity. The accumulation additionally offers decryption keys to advice bodies balance their files. The project’s website states:

Many bodies accept advantageous the attackers is a aberration because it encourages them to abide this advantageous business. However, aftermost year the FBI said that advantageous the bribe may be the best adjustment to chargeless bound files.

Joseph Bonavolonta, of the Cyber and Counterintelligence Program at the FBI’s Boston office, said, “if the ransomware is that good. . .To be honest, we generally admonish bodies aloof to pay the ransom.”

The No More Ransom activity works to arm bodies adjoin ransomware, so they don’t accept to booty the FBI’s admonition of giving up and advantageous the criminals.

Don’t Pay the Ransom: Decryption Tools Give the Possibility of Recovering Lost Data

In accession to bactericide measures, the activity offers accretion accoutrement that accord bodies a adventitious at accomplishment their data.

The website additionally has a apparatus alleged the “Crypto Sheriff.” This account helps bodies amount out which ransomware they accept and provides links to the actual decryption keys. The No Ransom Project says it expects added organizations to accompany the action and affairs to add added decryption accoutrement in the future.

The activity currently offers seven decryption tools — and instructions on how to use them — for the following ransomware exploits: wildfire, chimera, teslacrypt, shade, coinvault, rannoh, and rakhni.

Getting adulterated by ransomware can be very annoying, often arch to the accident of admired data. The No More Ransomware Project wants to advice bodies ascertain what they can do on their own after paying. There absolutely are means to escape the severity of ransomware after giving in to the attacker. At Bitcoin.com we additionally animate bodies to booty the all-important precautions so they can accept bigger online adventures after fear.

What do you anticipate about the No More Ransomware Project? Let us apperceive in the comments below.

Source: No More Ransom Project 

Images via Shutterstock, No More Ransom.  

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