Cryptoboss Ransomware

The Cryptoboss Ransomware is a minor revision of the Amnesia Ransomware. Both Trojans imitate the ransoming methods of the Globe Ransomware family, and also will encrypt your files, albeit with different ciphers. File-locking encryption attacks are most remediable directly with users backing up their work to other drives regularly, although free decryption tools also can reverse the payloads of these threats. For preventing file damage at all, having reliable anti-malware security is ideal for removing the Cryptoboss Ransomware either before or during its install routine.

Fresh Sightings of Misidentified Trojans around the Globe

The formerly prominent Globe Ransomware family is starting to see lower emphasis by new threat actors who are showing more inclinations towards using other, preferably open-source platforms for their file-encrypting campaigns. However, victims judging by the symptoms may not know it; many of the newest file-encryption Trojans still use pop-up messages and lock-screen windows collected from different versions of the Globe Ransomware. This fad has been evident previously with the Amnesia Ransomware and is a trend continuing with a newly-sprouted branch of that threat: the Cryptoboss Ransomware.

The Cryptoboss Ransomware's family is Delphi-based, but, in other respects, resembles the traditional components of most modern file-encrypting Trojans. The Cryptoboss Ransomware launches without consent by making several Registry modifications and inserts a mutex to stop itself from installing and running multiple times additionally. The Trojan also may self-terminate or fail to install itself in a virtual environment, which its threat actors are using to limit anti-malware analysis.

Its payload loads without any early symptoms to warn the victim while it begins scanning for encryption-suitable media, such as text documents and other content associated with software like Adobe's Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Office. Once they're encrypted, your files no longer will open. Malware experts also verify the Cryptoboss Ransomware's appending '.cryptobross' extensions to make identifying which files are unusable simpler for the victims.

The Cryptoboss Ransomware finishes its attacks by creating two types of ransoming messages attempting to 'sell' the victim its file-unlocking decryptor. These notes are crafted nearly identically to the ones in old Globe Ransomware attacks and include variants in both Notepad and Web page-based formats.

Safely Dealing with File-Ransoming Threats Regardless of Family

To users affected by its attacks, the Cryptoboss Ransomware's ransoming messages offer more than just a case of mistaken identity. Using a Globe Ransomware-based decryption solution on files that the Cryptoboss Ransomware locks can damage them further and even render them unrecoverable completely. Verify the identity of a file-encrypting threat with help from proper anti-malware sources before attempting decryption-based data recovery. As a secondary choice for your data retrieval, malware experts also encourage having remote backups, which makes the presence or absence of decryption into a non-problem.

Disguised e-mail attachments and corrupted website exploits are two primary but not only strategies threat actors are using for installing threats like the Cryptoboss Ransomware. Disabling features like JavaScript and being careful when interacting with newly-downloaded files, even supposedly 'safe' documents, can hamper many of these attacks. Any anti-malware programs already proven against the Amnesia Ransomware should maintain full effectiveness for removing the Cryptoboss Ransomware, as well.

This Trojan's clearest attack is its file-blocking behavior, but its payload also includes less transparent attempts to confuse and mislead the user. Don't assume that a con artist who's already attacking your PC has any interest in providing accurate information on how he's doing so, particularly for self-identifying threats like the Cryptoboss Ransomware.