Cryptorium Ransomware

Posted: December 16, 2016

Threat Metric

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The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	372

First Seen:	December 16, 2016
Last Seen:	June 19, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Cryptorium Ransomware is a file-encryption Trojan that locks your files with a cipher. Symptoms of its attacks include extortion demands that promise to restore your content afterward, although malware experts always endorse alternative solutions, when possible. Update your anti-malware solutions and keep them active to delete the Cryptorium Ransomware before its installation through e-mail or other vectors.

Getting Your Hard Drive Sealed in a Crypt Again

Familial relationships between different Trojans with similar payloads aren't uncommon and have been a classic trait of most file-encrypting threats for this year. However, not every Trojan that enciphers data has clear ancestry through previous campaigns. Malware experts only recently saw the emergence of the Cryptorium Ransomware, an independent threat pairing its attacks with a relatively successful evasion rate versus previous threat-detecting standards.

The Cryptorium Ransomware uses much of the same payload as larger families of file-encryptor Trojans like the Crysis Ransomware. It scans for files of formats not associated with the operating system and blocks them through an enciphering process using an encryption algorithm that generates a unique key. Other programs can't open these files without the encryption process's reversal. Since this threat is newly-identified, no freeware decryption applications for the Cryptorium Ransomware are in evidence.

The locked files then are bargaining points for the Cryptorium Ransomware's threat actors. They deliver ransom demands through a custom pop-up interface that, like the notorious Jigsaw Ransomware, threatens to delete your data after a deadline. The payment process uses a built-in interface, although malware analysts note that the Cryptorium Ransomware's servers are inactive currently.

Costly Reasons for Disbelieving a Filename

At least one version of the Cryptorium Ransomware is installing itself by misrepresenting the executable as a freeware product named 'Virtual UI Pro,' with file information referencing legitimate companies. Early samples of the Cryptorium Ransomware were detectable only by a handful of anti-malware products, although those rates are rising quickly. Scanning suspicious installers with updated security solutions can help possible victims catch this threat before it encodes any files.

Some advanced data recovery utilities and general decryption programs may be capable of reversing the damages the Cryptorium Ransomware's payload causes. However, these solutions never are a guarantee any more than it's guaranteed that a con artist will help you decrypt your data. Dependable and up-to-date anti-malware software is the average PC owner's most comprehensive defense against this threat. Malware analysts recommend deleting the Cryptorium Ransomware and other threats on your PC before you salvage any content from a backup preferably.

There are few new tricks in the Cryptorium Ransomware's basic attacks, but the absence of creativity doesn't mean it can't damage your files. Constant vigilance against old, well-known infection exploits is necessary to guard both business and recreational computers against all newly-made threats.

Cryptorium Ransomware

Threat Metric

Getting Your Hard Drive Sealed in a Crypt Again

Costly Reasons for Disbelieving a Filename

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