On February 24th, the Avast Threat Labs discovered a new ransomware strain accompanying the data wiper HermeticWiper malware, which our colleagues at ESET found circulating in the Ukraine. Following this naming convention, we opted to name the strain we found piggybacking on the wiper...
On January 25, 2022, a victim of a ransomware attack reached out to us for help. The extension of the encrypted files and the ransom note indicated the TargetCompany ransomware (not related to Target the store), which can be decrypted under certain circumstances. Modus Operandi of the TargetCompany...
Based on Jiří Vinopal's published analysis and found weaknesses in the AtomSilo and LockFile ransomware strains, we created free Avast decryptor for both of them. Read and download.