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Emsisoft releases the third decryptor in a few days, this time for LooCipher ransomware

Security experts at Emsisoft released the third decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free one for the LooCipher ransomware.

A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released two free decryptors for the ZeroFucks ransomware and Ims00rry ransomware, now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the LooCipher ransomware.

Victims of the LooCipher ransomware don’t have to pay the ransom, they only need to download the decryptor from the link below:

Loocipher is a new threat that is rapidly spreading, its functionalities are pretty straight forward as effective, common to many other ransomware families.

Recently experts at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab published a detailed analysis of the ransomware, below the key findings of the analysis:

  • The ransomware spreads using weaponized Word document.
  • The Command and Control is hosted on the TOR Network, at the following onion address “hxxp://hcwyo5rfapkytajg[.]onion” .
  • The attackers leverage several Tor2Web proxy services to easily allow the access to the Tor C2.
  • The binary can work both as cryptor and decryptor.
  • The C2 dynamically generates a different Bitcoin address for each infection.

“LooCipher encrypts the victim’s files using AES-128 ECB, and adds the extension “.lcphr“.” states Eminsoft.

“No ransom note file is left, but the malware does leave a screen telling the victim to make a BitCoin payment and then use the same malware to decrypt their files once payment is complete.”

Emsisoft also published a Detailed usage guide for its decryptor.

A couple of weeks ago experts at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab also released a free decryptor for Loocipher Ransomware

Enjoy it!

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – ransomware, malware)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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