Experts at security company Bitdefender have released a universal decryptor for victims of the MegaCortex family of ransomware.
First discovered in early 2019, MegaCortex posed such a major threat to businesses by the end of the year that the FBI said the ransomware was exploiting security vulnerabilities, stolen passwords, and phishing attacks to get inside networks. warned that it was building a foothold in
The creator of MegaCortex is matrixNot only does it appear to be named after MetaCortex, the software company that Keanu Reeve’s character worked for at the beginning of the movie, the ransom note also references quotes from the movie.
But if your business is infected, you probably don’t feel like eating popcorn.MegaCortex can encrypt files, steal information from networks, and revoke user access privileges.
MegaCortex is estimated to be responsible for around 1800 ransomware infections, most of which target businesses.
But now there’s a fix that can unlock those encrypted files, so you don’t have to pay the cybercriminal extortionist a ransom.
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Bitdefender security researchers have teamed up with Europol, the NoMoreRansom project, and law enforcement in Zurich to release a free MegaCortex decryption tool.
By the way, it is always worth joining the NoMoreRansom project if you are hit with ransomware.
NoMoreRansom has probably the most definitive public list of ransomware decryption tools available.
It goes without saying that you should always back up your important data (even encrypted) before running any decryption tool.
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