Uncrypte Ransomware

Posted: February 9, 2017

Threat Metric

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	43

First Seen:	February 9, 2017
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Uncrypte Ransomware (also referenced as CryptoConsole) is a Trojan that renames your files while pretending to encrypt them, a data-obfuscating process that would, in theory, prevent you from opening them. Victims can use free utilities to reverse this attack's effects or rename all files manually to regain access as usual. In spite of its limited payload, most professional anti-malware products should detect and delete the Uncrypte Ransomware as a threat, by default.

Why Haste in Identifying Trojans Makes for Waste

Although Trojans from commonplace software-generating utilities and open-source platforms are incredibly common, the people responsible for them also have few motivations for being honest about the history of their products. A 'copycat' Trojan sometimes is a variant of a past threat, but, like the Uncrypte Ransomware, also can be an unrelated piece of threat pretending to be part of a larger and more threatening family than itself. This Globe Ransomware impostor lacks any serious file-encrypting features despite claiming to lock the user's files.

The Uncrypte Ransomware does employ an encryption algorithm in its payload, but only for the purpose of modifying the names of each file it attacks (according to a configurable list of formats, including DOC, EXE, JPG, TXT, WAV and many others). After this fake encryption attack, the Uncrypte Ransomware creates the same HTA ransom message that malware experts associated with the Globe Ransomware campaign previously. The threat actor's goal is to force the victims to pay a Bitcoin sum for getting their files unlocked, although restoring the original name and extension is the only solution required.

Clean Security Solutions to Clear-Cut Trojan Lies

While the file damage the Uncrypte Ransomware is capable of causing is highly limited, some users with large databases of content (such as business workstation employees) may be inconvenienced by this threat's attacks significantly. Members of the anti-malware industry are developing a 'decryptor' application that will reverse the name modifications without requiring any ransom payments currently. Otherwise, users either may rename each file individually or use backups for restoring them.

The Uncrypte Ransomware conducts attacks with the clear intent of confusing the victim into thinking that it's a different threat than it is, in reality. Warnings regarding not using anti-virus tools can be ignored typically, but for Trojans that reuse ransoming materials from the campaigns of unrelated threats especially. For preventing these attacks in the first place, malware experts advise using anti-malware products to scan incoming files automatically, especially concerning e-mail attachments.

There's little reason to reward the Uncrypte Ransomware's authors with money for lying about the nature of their attacks. Rather than taking an extortion attempt as being a plain-talk bargaining position, PC users always should hesitate and think through the implications before handing over money of any denomination, cryptocurrency or otherwise.

Uncrypte Ransomware

Threat Metric

Why Haste in Identifying Trojans Makes for Waste

Clean Security Solutions to Clear-Cut Trojan Lies

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