'.bip File Extension' Ransomware

The '.bip File Extension' Ransomware Ransomware is a variant of the Dharma Ransomware, a file-locker Trojan that can keep documents and other media formats from opening by running the files through an encryption routine. Its attacks may be reversible by free software, and malware experts recommend against paying the ransom it demands in its associated notes. Let a dedicated anti-malware product uninstall the '.bip File Extension' Ransomware from your PC and take appropriate security precautions afterward, such as changing all passwords.

Another Reason for Keeping Your Passwords Close to Your Chest

The server-compromising family of file-locker Trojans, Dharma Ransomware, is launching another series of attacks against unknown targets. The '.bip File Extension' Ransomware is the name of the new build in question, and its development is, most likely, a mere attempt at re-branding the Trojan and updating its ransoming credentials. A '.bip File Extension' Ransomware infection is, as usual, capable of blocking large quantities of data throughout a compromised Windows PC.

The '.bip File Extension' Ransomware issues limited to no symptoms during its encryption routine, which uses an AES-based cipher, potentially protected with an additional RSA key, for locking Word or PDF documents, JPG pictures and other media formats. The appending of a '.bip' extension doesn't remove the original extension, which results in filenames such as 'picture.bmp.bip' for labeling purposes. Only after locking the user's files does the Trojan create its ransom note, a local Web page.

Current evidence leads to malware experts estimating that the '.bip File Extension' Ransomware will not become decryptable by third-party software soon, without any additional oversights from the threat actors, such as leaks of their key databases. However, paying the ransom that the '.bip File Extension' Ransomware requests, also, may not give the victim a compatible decryption solution. Users who require decrypting their files should contact PC security industry experts for additional advice and investigation on this update of the Dharma Ransomware.

Tearing Down a Trojan's File Barricade

Trojans of the same family aren't always identical to one another, and this caveat encompasses how they try to lock files. Between year-old variants like the Wallet Ransomware and the 'wisperado@india.com' Ransomware, and new ones, like the Blammo@cock.li Ransomware and the Arrow Ransomware, the Dharma Ransomware family employs a variety of encryption methods. As a rule, PC users always should keep additional backups of their work somewhere secure, such as a free USB, that facilitates the recovery of their files without a decryption solution that, for the '.bip File Extension' Ransomware, may be impossible.

The '.bip File Extension' Ransomware's family also emphasizes the abuse of RDP features for circulatory purposes. Disable this feature or use a robust password for keeping remote attackers from running file-locker Trojans automatically. Malware experts recommend using passwords with mixed, complex alphanumeric strings, and avoiding any ones that are in common use or are default values (such as 'admin' or 'password123'). Most anti-malware tools may delete the '.bip File Extension' Ransomware, but can't prevent it launching through the manual intervention of a remote attacker.

Forgetting to use an uncrackable password is one of the fastest ways for an admin's server to become the victim of attacks from file-locking threats. The '.bip File Extension' Ransomware is one of many examples of Trojans whose payloads are challenging to revert but should be simple to prevent for those who care about their network security.