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The Week in Ransomware - June 1st 2018 - From Russia with Love and a Facepalm
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Quote:This was a busy week with lot's of new variants of active ransomware being released. We also have Sigrun offering free decryption to Russian victims and a awesome facepalm waiting for you at the end of the article. 

Contributors and those who provided new ransomware information and stories this week include: @demonslay335, @fwosar, @DanielGallagher, @hexwaxwing, @BleepinComputer, @struppigel, @jorntvdw, @FourOctets, @malwareforme, @campuscodi, @PolarToffee, @malwrhunterteam, @Seifreed, @LawrenceAbrams, @thyrex2002, @GrujaRS, @Amigo_A_, @siri_urz.

May 26th 2018
New Jigsaw Ransomware variant
Michael Gillespie found a Jigsaw Ransomware variant where someone added a C2 server to it. Normally, Jigsaw runs without needed to talk to another server.

May 27th 2018
New Dharma variant
GrujaRS discovered a new Dharma Ransomware variant that uses the extension .id-%id%[java2018@tuta io].arrow.


New Scarab Ransomware variant
@Amigo_A_ discovered a new Scarab ransomware variant that appends the .osk extension and drops a ransom note named HOW TO RECOVER ENCRYPTED FILES.TXT.

May 29th 2018
New CryptConsole2 Variant
Alex Svirid found a new version of CryptoConsole2 that uses the email zeman@tutanota.de and drops a ransom note named HOW DECRIPT FILES.hta.

Aurora Ransomware now using a C2 Server
MalwareHunterTeam found a new Aurora/OneKeyLocker Ransomware variant that uses a C2 server.

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