Analysing TorrentLocker

by George Chetcuti [Published on 16 Sept. 2014 / Last Updated on 16 Sept. 2014]

Security researchers from the Finnish consulting company Nixu, found a way how to get your files decrypted without paying the ransom resulting from a TorrentLocker infection.

TorrentLocker is a new breed of ransomware that has been spreading lately. Like CryptoLocker and CryptoWall it encrypts files on a victim's machine and then demands ransom. The victim has to pay to get the decryption software that can decrypt the files. The researchers found that if you have both the original and the encrypted version of a single file that is over 2MB in size the entire keystream can be recovered, which makes it possible to recover all your files encrypted by TorrentLocker.

Read more here - http://digital-forensics.sans.org/blog/2014/09/09/torrentlocker-unlocked

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