Saturday, May 21, 2016

How to decrypt TeslaCrypt Ransomware.


          As an advancement in malwares, its period for Ransomwares. It encrypts all the files in the computer or device and demands a ransom to be paid in the form of Bitcoins to get the decryption key. Recently they released the master key for TeslaCrypt.

          #TeslaCrypt is one such ransomware that demands around $500 in the form of Bitcoins as ransom to provide decryption key to the victims. Now the master key that decrypts the files has been released, not by any security professionals but by the ransomware authors themselves.

           The ransomware authors posted that "Project is Closed" and they also posted the decryption master key with which all the files can be decrypted. Eset developed a new free decrypter tool to decrypt the files.

           If you are one of the victim of #TeslaCrypt you can decrypt your files using either using this tool or using this tool.

           For any analysis the master key is as below

440A241DD80FCC5664E861989DB716E08CE627D8D40C7EA360AE855C727A49EE

           The main reason for the attack of ransomware are

1. Downloading attachment in email from unknown sender.
2. Visiting or initiating download from unknown or fake site.
3. Malware infection.

P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.

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