Lampar Ransomware

The Lampar Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the Scarab Ransomware family, a Ransomware-as-a-Service business. Like other members of the same family, it uses a secure encryption feature to block non-essential media files and creates a text ransom note for monetizing the attack. Users should depend on their backups for recovery and anti-malware applications for preventing infections or uninstalling the Lampar Ransomware.

The Insect that will not Stop Nesting in Your Files

For one of the few families with a predisposition towards particular linguistics among its victims, the Scarab Ransomware retains a lively usage among threat actors who prefer renting, instead of owning, their Trojans. Although the Lampar Ransomware is one of the youngest samples that malware experts highlight as of August, it's part of a long procession of similar Trojans. Ultimately, the new threat isn't very different from the FIXI Ransomware, the Scarab-Gefest Ransomware, the Scarab-ARTEMY Ransomware, the Scarab-Bomber Ransomware and dozens of others.

The Lampar Ransomware is part of the family's English side, which is notable for sometimes issuing Russian-language ransom notes. The Lampar Ransomware, as with previous versions, uses a secure AES-based encryption routine as an attack against media, including documents, pictures or archives and 'locks' them. It also overwrites filenames with random characters but leaves a part of its name as extensions for identification.

Because SOP for the Lampar Ransomware family includes wiping the Restore Points, users usually require non-locally-saved backups for recovering their files freely. Although a minority of cyber-security companies also offer premium data recovery for the Scarab Ransomware infections, the odds of breaking the Lampar Ransomware encryption aren't high. For their part, malware experts recommend making extensive use of cloud services and removable backup devices, as appropriate.

Depriving Vermin of the Means to Reproduce

Although the Lampar Ransomware name might come from Icelandic, few instances of file-locking Trojans limit their campaigns to such a specific region. Most Windows systems are at risk from the Lampar Ransomware infections, which could arrive through e-mail attachments or fake torrents. Threat actors also can install the Lampar Ransomware with the help of third-party tools such as Exploit Kits or brute-force tools that crack weak login credentials.

Backup protocols have inestimable value against file-locking Trojans of both the Lampar Ransomware family and countless others. As additional precautions that can prevent files from experiencing an encryption-based lockdown, malware researchers recommend using strong passwords, installing software updates promptly, and disabling features like JavaScript, Flash and macros. While the Lampar Ransomware isn't a danger to the Windows OS, ordinarily, it can harm most personal files on a computer.

Most file-locking Trojans have little protection from dedicated anti-malware products. For samples of this Trojan, malware experts re-confirm this fact and recommend these programs for removing the Lampar Ransomware, or, even better, stopping any drive-by-downloads.

The Lampar Ransomware is a whirlwind on a hard drive, between scrambling files' names and their data. Calming such a tempest in a teapot is possible for everyone, though, as long users don't ignore backups as the first means of protection.