Fabsyscrypto Ransomware

Posted: March 8, 2017

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	78

First Seen:	March 8, 2017
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The FabSysCrypto Ransomware is a variant of the Hidden Tear family, a set of ex-public domain source code that lets software encrypt and lock files from opening. The FabSysCrypto Ransomware's authors are using these capabilities to collect ransoms, which malware experts recommend not paying, when possible. Use backups or free decryptors to recover your content, but only after uninstalling the FabSysCrypto Ransomware with a professional anti-malware product.

Newly-Modified Trojans Crying for Money

Malware researchers can confirm one of the first re-releases of Hidden Tear, a particularly abundant Trojan family, for March. While the FabSysCrypto Ransomware copies all the information that it gives to its victims in text from other campaigns, such as the one for the Locky Ransomware, it also delivers real, data-enciphering attacks. Such attacks can prevent you from opening files like documents until you use one of a limited means of restoring them to their previous formats.

The FabSysCrypto Ransomware's author hasn't modified the Trojan to use encryption methods beyond those default to Hidden Tear, which leverages AES encoding algorithms. Malware researchers verify the FabSysCrypto Ransomware's encryption list for including such formats as DOC, JPG, TXT, PNG, and others in use by major brands of software not integral to your operating system. The Trojan also will append a '.locked' extension onto each file's name, although the change isn't a legitimate format conversion and doesn't overwrite the original name's contents.

The FabSysCrypto Ransomware also creates a Notepad file through which it transmits its ransom demands. Any victims should be aware that the FabSysCrypto Ransomware uses a copy-pasted notice that is known for providing inaccurate encryption data, and paying any fee may not give them a real decryptor to unlock their files.

The 'Important Information' that Trojans will not Say

The FabSysCrypto Ransomware's author choice an extortion message that clearly communicates its request while educating any readers who are unaware of the concept of the files being lockable behind an encryption-based cipher. On the other hand, like most file-encryptors malware experts find, the FabSysCrypto Ransomware also overstates the unbreakable qualities of its encryption attack and leaves other, vital info out of its 'important information' Notepad file. PC users in need of decryption help should look for assistance from cyber security experts with experience fighting file-encryption Trojans instead of paying a ransom.

Although the Hidden Tear family is susceptible to free decryption solutions, con artists sometimes modify their variants of old Trojans to make them less vulnerable. PC users backing up their files can remove the uncertainty of whether or not they can recover fully after attacks by Trojans of this classification. Alternately, anti-malware products can delete the FabSysCrypto Ransomware before it infects your PC.

The future viability of Hidden Tear Trojans largely remains in the hands of the people under attack by past threats of this family. Until threats like the FabSysCrypto Ransomware fail to collect their ransoms, PC owners can expect to contend with new Hidden Tear-based campaigns.

Fabsyscrypto Ransomware

Threat Metric

Newly-Modified Trojans Crying for Money

The 'Important Information' that Trojans will not Say

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