Yesterday, Emsisoft's CTO and malware researcher Fabian Wosar released a decryptor for the CryptON Ransomware. This ransomware has been around since the end of February and has had a few variants ...

Last week we wrote about a new ransomware called the Ramadant Ransomware Kit that was encrypting files and adding the .RDM extension. Fabian Wosar, of Emsisoft, further analyzed the infection and was ...

New Zealand-based cybersecurity company Emsisoft has been quietly helping BlackMatter ransomware victims recover encrypted files, preventing “tens of millions of dollars” in ransom payments and ...

Anti-Malware and anti-virus company Emsisoft posed as a potential customer to conduct an informal “sting” on a company “guaranteeing” it can decrypt data locked by Dharma ransomware for a fee of about ...

As ransomware’s assault on the healthcare industry continues get worse and attackers put patient records up for sale on the dark web, security vendors are fighting back with software tools that can ...

Cybersecurity solutions provider Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool to enable AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware victims to recover their files without paying a ransom. “The AstraLocker ...

Software firm Emsisoft released a bug fix for the bitcoin-ransoming malware WannaCryFake. Announced today in a blog post, the free software will help recover encrypted files without leading to data ...

Security outfit Emsisoft has released a decryptor for the Zorab ransomware which re-encrypts files that have already been encrypted by STOP, the most prevalent Windows ransomware around. The company ...

Antivirus maker Emsisoft said it found a bug in the decrypter app of the Ryuk ransomware. This is the app the Ryuk gang provides to victims to recover their files, after victims paid the ransom. The ...

Antivirus maker Emsisoft has published today a free decryption utility for the STOP ransomware strain, today's most active and widespread ransomware family. The decrypter can unlock 148 of the 160 ...

Security firm Emsisoft has released a free decryptor for reclaiming files which have been encrypted by an early version of the Windows Tycoon ransomware; this version used to encrypt files with a ".id ...