ransomware

The City of Johannesburg is refusing to pay a ransom fee of 4 Bitcoin (BTC) to a group of hackers called the “Shadow Kill Hackers” who successfully attacked municipal systems last week.

A group of cybercriminals referring themselves as the “Shadow Kill Hackers” has reportedly hacked into the City of Johannesburg’s administration system.

In a new report, McAfee researchers located various posts released on underground malware and hacker forums whereby one affiliate distributor known by the handle “Lalartu” quickly made the equivalent of $287,499 in Bitcoin in merely 72 hours.

Hackers and cybercriminals who partake in launching ransomware attacks may be responsible for inflating the price of Bitcoin.

New Bedford, Massachusetts, was hit with a ransomware attack in July. The unidentified hackers behind the ransomware demanded a Bitcoin payment of $5.3 million. The city initially proposed a counter-offer of $400,000, which was rejected by the hackers.

A flash alert issued by the cyber division of the FBI contained three master decryption keys for the GandCrab ransomware capable of unlocking systems infected with more recent versions of GandCrab, efficiently supplying potential victims with the required tools to decrypt encrypted files without resorting to paying the ransom.

If your personal device or systems belonging to your corporation or friends were infected with the GandCrab Ransomware, then you will be able to recover your encrypted files back safely for free utilizing a recently updated decryptor released by Bitdefender.

A new decryption tool that unlocks one of the most prevalent families of ransomware by permitting victims to recover their encrypted files for free has been released on No More Ransom.

The authors of the GandCrab ransomware announced yesterday that they were not only shutting down their…