'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware

Posted: August 26, 2016

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	29

First Seen:	August 26, 2016
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware is a variant of the Crysis Ransomware, a series of threats based on a kit that enables the swift publication of similar Trojans with different administrative campaigns. It and Trojans related to it can cause permanent harm to the contents of your PC by encrypting data with an unbreakable cipher. Responsible reactions to this threat include removing the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware with a trusted anti-malware brand of software and using any methods of restoring data that doesn't involve paying its ransom.

Recycling Ransoms with Zero Waste

CrySiS and similar Trojan creation kits bear the brunt of the responsibility for the steep rise in Trojan campaigns specializing in file encoding attacks, but a Trojan's having easily traceable origins doesn't provide a victim with equally easy access to a data restoration solution necessarily. The 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware is a new member of the Crysis Ransomware family that also shows a lack of public decryptors, leaving anyone attacked with limited options for reversing the damage.

The 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware may use any of various infection methods, including in order of statistical likelihood, e-mail-attached Trojan droppers, compromised browser downloads, exploit kits or brute force attacks that guess an account's password. The Trojan's introduction to the system follows with it scanning for non-system file types to encrypt, a process with zero overt symptoms. As per malware experts' observations, evidence of the completed payload includes:

Any files encrypted by the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware (using an initial AES algorithm, followed by RSA for decryption protection) are unopenable and are identifiable through changes to their names, which include new extensions and the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware's e-mail address.
The 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware also can generate multiple, TXT-based ransom messages in the directories of any encrypted content, as well as on the user's desktop.
The desktop, itself, also may be hijacked for the purpose of hosting an image associated with the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware's ransom attempt.

All of the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware's payload is standardized for its family, with the primary difference being the address it uses for negotiating any payments for decryption assistance. Since malware experts often see cases of con artists ignoring requests for help after taking their payments, data recovery through that method is, at best, unpredictable.

Making Rubbish out of a Secondhand Trojan Campaign

Although the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware's chosen contact address makes passing references to Buddhism, this aesthetic choice may not imply any particular geographical focus on the part of its campaign. Malware researchers see various forms of Crysis Ransomware attacks targeting victims in numerous countries in different regions. When taken as a whole, file encryption Trojan infections are observable throughout most parts of the world. Without additional details of its distribution exploits, protection from the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware should use generalized security strategies, such as strong passwords, script-blocking browser settings, and scans of all incoming files.

It's unlikely that researchers will crack the encryption methodology favored by CrySiS-based Trojans anytime soon, and keeping an up-to-date backup on a non-local drive is your most practical method of recovering from this Trojan's attacks. This threat doesn't display normally-installed program files or directories, and you always should use your anti-malware programs for uninstalling the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware from your computer.

Even without anything significantly new to freshen up its campaign, the 'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware and the many Trojans like it are potentially severe risks to any precious data that you save without bothering to protect it.

'Siddhiup2@india.com' Ransomware

Threat Metric

Recycling Ransoms with Zero Waste

Making Rubbish out of a Secondhand Trojan Campaign

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