Napoleon Ransomware
Posted: December 5, 2017
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: | 86 |
First Seen: | May 18, 2022 |
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Last Seen: | May 31, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Blind Ransomware is a file-encryption Trojan, which was analyzed by researchers in September 2017, and we had not heard any news regarding it until today. A new variant of the Blind Ransomware has been discovered, and it has been dubbed the Napoleon Ransomware due to the file extension it appends to encrypted files. Just like the majority of file lockers, the Napoleon Ransomware also works by encrypting a significant portion of the victim's data, and then offer to decrypt them in exchange for a hefty ransom payment. The attackers don't mention how much money they are asking for, but they reassure victims that the only way to get the data back is to purchase the special 'NAPOLEON DECRYPTOR.' We can't confirm whether this tool exists or not, but we assure you that you should not agree to send any money to the anonymous cybercrooks behind the attack.
When the Napoleon Ransomware is executed on an unprotected computer, it will proceed to scan the victim's hard drive to find the files that it is meant to encrypt silently. The list of the Napoleon Ransomware's targets is rather long since this file locker is programmed to lock the contents of various media files, documents, archives, backups, projects, etc. Whenever a file is encrypted successfully, the threat will add the '.NAPOLEON' extension to its name.
The ransom note is stored in a '.HTA' file titled 'How_Decrypt_Files.hta,' but its contents are rather concise. However, it does contain two important bits of information – the victim's ID, as well as the address that can be used to get in touch with the attackers supp01@airmail.cc. The attackers promise to decrypt three files for free so that we definitely advise you to take advantage of this offer. Even if they do fulfill their end of the deal, we assure you that you shouldn't send them any money since there's a high possibility that you might end up being tricked out of your money.
If your files were locked by the Napoleon Ransomware and you are wondering how to recover, then you might be annoyed to hear that we are yet to see a free decryption tool for this threat. However, this does not mean the situational is hopeless. You can fully remove the Napoleon Ransomware with the help of a credible anti-malware utility. As for the recovery of the encrypted files, you could try and use 3rd-party file restoration utilities, which might be partially successful.
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