'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware

The 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that can block the media on your PC by encrypting it. The 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware implements these attacks for forcing its victims into negotiating a ransom for the decryptor, although the users should test all alternate recovery options before taking that risk. Strong anti-malware protection should eliminate the 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware before it harms your files and thorough backup strategies can minimize damage from infections.

Trojans Making Your Media Less than Safe

A file-locking Trojan of an unknown family, and using an unpopular 'locking' methodology, is out in the wild. The 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware shows symptoms not very different from those of the Globe Ransomware, the Scarab Ransomware or the numerous Hidden Tear project. However, the nature of its encryption may mean that free decryption for saving its victims' files may not appear any time soon.

Malware researchers find the 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware infections occurring only in Brazil, for now, although most file-locker Trojans (with the notable exception of the Scarab Ransomware family) don't make much effort to avoid compromising PCs globally and indiscriminately. The 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware uses the rare choice of SHA-256 and AES for encrypting documents, pictures and other media on the PC that it infects. While AES is commonplace, SHA is a rarity for a primary file-locking feature, but it does appear on threats like the Bkransomware Ransomware, the DCRTR Ransomware and the HC6 Ransomware.

The 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware appends '.peosajwqfk' extensions to the names of every file that it blocks with encryption, which could be a randomly-generated string, rather than a static one. The 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware also creates a ransoming message that malware researchers see no signs of appearing in other campaigns. The Notepad instructions give the user an ID and e-mail addresses for negotiating but no information about the ransom's cost or currency.

Getting Ahead of Unlawful Data Imprisonment

Since the distribution methods for the 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware infections aren't clear, malware researchers can do no more than recommend avoiding tradition infection vectors for file-locker Trojans. For businesses, governments or NGOs, these attacks often arise from exposing the PC to corrupted e-mail attachments or leaving a network accessible by brute-force attacks. Password, RDP and firewall management reduces the success rates of the latter, and most threat-detecting products should identify the former.

Freely decrypting the affected media may be impractical or even impossible, and criminals always have the choice of not honoring their word during ransoming negotiations. Backing up content to locations that malware experts recognize for their general safety, such as most cloud services or detachable devices, will reduce the potential harm from the 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware infections. High-quality anti-malware programs always should remove the 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware before its attacks can encrypt anything.

Today, the 'data_safe@mail.com' Ransomware is a security issue for Brazilian Windows users. Tomorrow, however, may tell a different story, and no user in any country should forget about backing up their documents and other work.