Ladon Ransomware
Posted: March 21, 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.
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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: | 8/10 |
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| Infected PCs: | 52 |
| First Seen: | February 16, 2025 |
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| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Ladon Ransomware is a new file-encryption Trojan, which does not seem to be actively distributed at the moment. However, malware researchers have uncovered the TOR-based payment portal that its authors plan to use to receive money from their victims. Unfortunately, the payment page does not reveal any specifics about this file-locker nor does it say how much money victims will need to pay to get their data back. Regardless of the sum, the Ladon Ransomware's authors demand, you should not forget that paying money to cybercrooks should be considered a last resort since the chances of being tricked are way too high.
There is not enough information regarding the behavior of the Ladon Ransomware, but it is unlikely that this will turn out to be an innovative project that changes the way file-encryption Trojans work. It is most likely going to turn out to be the next generic ransomware, which focuses on encrypting potentially valuable files and then drops a ransom note, which instructs the users on what to do if they want to recover their files. The payment portal reveals that the Ladon Ransomware's authors demand to receive the payments via a Bitcoin transaction, but this is hardly a surprise since this has been the preferred payment option by cybercrooks for a while now.
If you suspect that your data was taken hostage by the Ladon Ransomware, then the advise is not to panic because you might be able to recover from all this without paying a ransom sum. It is not recommended to agree to send money to the cybercrooks since they are very likely to trick you out of your hard-earned money! The correct course of action when dealing with file lockers like this one is to use a reputable anti-virus software suite that will eliminate the harmful application immediately. When this is done, you are free to use alternative file recovery utilities, which might be able to inverse some of the damage done by the Ladon Ransomware situationally.
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