InsaneCrypt Ransomware
Posted: January 23, 2018
Threat Metric
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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 |
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Infected PCs: | 1 |
First Seen: | August 16, 2023 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The InsaneCrypt Ransomware (also known as DeusCrypt Ransomware) is a threatening file-encryption Trojan based on the open-source desuCrypt project. While the InsaneCrypt Ransomware is able to cause an extreme amount of damage to the files found on the victim's hard drive, there is still some light at the end of the tunnel because cybersecurity researchers have managed to crack this locker's file-encryption algorithm. This makes it possible for victims of the InsaneCrypt Ransomware and DeusCrypt Ransomware to recover their data safely without asking the cybercrooks behind these threats for help.
The only difference between the InsaneCrypt Ransomware and DeusCrypt Ransomware is the file extension they use to mark the encrypted files. While the latter is programmed to append the '[rememberggg@tutanota.com].DEUSCRYPT' extension, the former will add the '[insane@airmail.cc].insane' extension that is linked to the 'insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware.
One of the peculiar things about this file-encryption Trojan is that its execution rarely goes unnoticed. The threat spawns a new command prompt window immediately, which scans the hard drives, and then begins the file-encryption task by announcing it in the said window. This could mean that either the attackers are executing the threat on compromised computers manually, or they hope that their victims will not be able to react in time to stop the attack. The command prompt that shows the attack will also execute additional commands whose purpose is to disable the System Restore service and erase all the Shadow Volume Copies, therefore rendering the majority of 3rd-party file recovery software useless.
Both the InsaneCrypt Ransomware and DeusCrypt Ransomware will use either the file 'note.txt' or 'How_To_Files.txt' to provide their victim with further instructions. Naturally, the authors are after a hefty ransom payment, which they demand to be made via a Bitcoin transaction. We assure you that paying money to cybercrooks is a terrible idea, and you should disregard their instructions completely. The correct way to recover from the InsaneCrypt Ransomware's attack is to run a reputable anti-malware software suite that will dispose of the unsafe files. When this task is complete, you should proceed to stage two of the recovery, which requires you to download the free desuCrypt decryptor (found via a Web search) and run it to recover your data.
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