Back in the day, there were a few distinct, easily identifiable ransomware variants (Cryptolocker, Locky). Those were simpler times.
Ransomware continues to behave similarly, but has evolved into a full ecosystem of threats to your network.
This Cambrian explosion of ransomware makes it extremely difficult to recover from an attack: while it can be easy to realize that you’ve been compromised (all your files have been renamed with some weird extension and a scary text note has been left in the directory), it’s significantly harder to figure out which variant attacked you – and what you should do next.
To help, Varonis has created an easy-to-use ransomware identifier: http://varonis.com/ri
Identifying ransomware is now as easy as typing in the extension of an encrypted file or the filename of a ransomware note. The tool is able to accurately pinpoint which variant has hit you, and–more importantly–tell you if a free ransomware decryption tool is available.
Varonis built the ransomware identifier to help businesses and individuals deal with the scourge of ransomware, while highlighting the efforts of the greater security community whose work in building the underlying database of ransomware has made this tool possible.
Help fight back against ransomware, and make future attacks less profitable.
Give it a try.
