Zyklon Ransomware

Posted: May 23, 2016

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Ranking:	14,944
Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	87

First Seen:	May 23, 2016
Last Seen:	July 25, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Zyklon Ransomware is a Trojan that uses encryption routines to hold your work-related data hostage, which it may relinquish after its administrators receive a specified Bitcoin fee. However, the people responsible for the Zyklon Ransomware's campaign show inclinations of being unreliable in providing the bought decryption services, and alternate means of data recovery almost always are preferable. Some the Zyklon Ransomware infections also include additional threats, which is why malware analysts always suggest you using anti-malware products to delete the Zyklon Ransomware along with scanning the rest of your system.

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Although different cases of file encryption attacks may inflict nigh-identical damages, the less-obvious differences between such threats can complicate the recovery process in unanticipated ways. The Zyklon Ransomware shows several characteristics that could be indicative its origin as an upgrade or branch of the GNL Locker Ransomware, a previously-known threat. While this relationship may expedite the process of the security industry's developing solutions and definitions, the Zyklon Ransomware boasts an effectively unbreakable encryption attack, which forces victims to place their trust in the same con artists responsible for distributing the Trojan.

Like most Trojans specializing in encryption, the Zyklon Ransomware may install itself with the assistance of spam e-mail. Its only message template confirmed by malware researchers is a fake package delivery notification, with an accompanying 'document' attachment. The attachment uses an incorrect name disguising its real format, a ZIP archive, along with the installer for the Zyklon Ransomware.

An infected PC is subjected to an encryption attack targeting files of formats such as documents or images, with each file's name receiving an additional text string composed of semi-random characters, along with a '.locked' extension. The complexity of the encryption process guarantees that free decryptors will be unavailable for this threat, barring any unusual technology breakthroughs. Along with the encryption effects, the Zyklon Ransomware also delivers text messages for its ransom notes, with the theoretical transaction taking place through the Bitcoin currency and a custom Web page-based form.

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Besides preventing you from opening your content, the Zyklon Ransomware also violates network-based backup data with inadequate defenses. However, the Zyklon Ransomware's most security-threatening trait simply is its connections to the NanoCore RAT (Remote Access Trojan), a characteristic it shares with the GNL Locker Ransomware. Because a Nanocore RAT gives third parties full backdoor access to a PC, the initial infection also could include attacks such as the theft of sensitive information or manual disabling of any network safety features.

The key required for decrypting the Zyklon Ransomware's attacks via AES-256 standards is too complex to be brute-forced or 'guessed,' even by experienced PC security workers. Although the Zyklon Ransomware's perpetrators ask for an equivalent of 200 USD for returning your files to you, they have a notably inconsistent history of providing a real, working decryption service. With no better means of recovery, victims who've suffered the full effects of a Zyklon Ransomware attack may have no choice other than to take the risk of paying for potentially nothing.

For these reasons, malware experts highly urge any PC owners with essential data to take common-sense steps for protecting it from the Zyklon Ransomware attacks. Backups stored on password-protected servers or on entirely detached storage devices can't be attacked by the Zyklon Ransomware, allowing you to overwrite the encrypted data. No matter what the fate of your files, you should conduct complete anti-malware scans on all relevant machines to be sure of deleting the Zyklon Ransomware, the Nanocore RAT, and their Trojan installation mechanisms.

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