Nine months after the No More Ransom initiative, more prosecuting authorities and private sector companies have joined the initiative, allowing more ransomware victims to take their files back without paying criminals.
The platform www.nomoreransom.org is now available in 14 languages and contains 39 free decryption tools. Since our last report in December, more than 10.000 victims across the globe will be able to decipher their "infected" devices thanks to the tools available for free on the platform.
Η πρωτοβουλία «No More Ransom» ξεκίνησε τον Ιούλιο του 2016 από την Ολλανδική αστυνομία, τη Europol, την Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab, introducing a new level of collaboration between law enforcement and private businesses to fight ransomware together. Since its inception, dozens of partners from all continents have participated. This proves that ransomware is a global problem that needs to be addressed.
Platform statistics show that most users they come from Russia, the Netherlands, the United States, Italy and Germany.
Until recently, the site was available in English, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian, and has now been translated into Finnish, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Slovenian, Spanish and Ukrainian. More languages are expected to be available soon, in an effort to help victims around the world.
New collaborators from the private and public sectors
AVAST, CERT Polska and Eleven Paths (Telefonica Digital Security Unit) have joined No More Ransom as partners, bringing the number of partners to 7.
With 30 new supporting partners also being part of the program, the overall set is 76. New members to join the law enforcement authorities are Australia, Belgium, INTERPOL, Israel, South Korea, Russia and Ukraine.
Other private entities are Acronis International GmbH, Crowdstrike, Cyber Security Canada, DataGravity, Deloitte, ENISA, Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), Japan Cyber Control Center (JC3), KUERT Datenrettung Deutschland GmbH, KÜRT Data Recovery and Information Security Co., mnemonic AS, Neutrino Srl, Telecom Portugal, Secura Group Limited, SentinelOne and Verizon Enterprise Solutions. There is also support from the CERT community, represented by AfricaCERT, BA-CSIRT (CSIRT of the Government of Buenos Aires), Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança, the Certego Security Incident Team, the Cybersecurity Association of Malaysia JPCERTCC) of Japan.
The arrival of INTERPOL is followed by the 2016 Interpol-Europol Cybercrime Conference, which emphasizes the impact of this practice and user-centered annual joint event.
New tools
Since the latest version, 14 tools have been added to the platform, offering new decryption capabilities for the victims of ransomware programs:
AVAST: Alcatraz Decryptor, Bart Decryptor, Crypt888 Decryptor, HiddenTear Decryptor, Noobcrypt Decryptor and Cryptomix Decryptor
CERT Polska: Cryptomix / Cryptoshield decryptor
Check Point: Merry X-Mas Decryptor and BarRax Decryptor
Eleven Paths - Phoneica Cyber Security Unit: Popcorn Decryptor
Emsisoft: Crypton Decryptor and Damage Decryptor
Kaspersky Lab: Updates for Rakhni and Rannoh Decryptors
More information and prevention tips are available on the website www.nomoreransom.org.
