On December 29th, a Pastbin post was created that contains the master RSA decryption key for the FilesLocker Ransomware. The release of this key has allowed a decryptor to be created that can recover victim's files for free.
On December 29th, an unknown user released the master RSA decryption key for FilesLocker v1 and v2. This allowed Michael Gillespie to release a decryptor for files encrypted by the FilesLocker Ransomware that have the .[fileslocker@pm.me] extension appended to file names.
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We have had quite a bit of interesting news this week regarding ransomware. First we had the Kraken Cryptor deciding to connect to BleepingComputer.com during different stages of the encryption process, then we had a decryptor released by Bitdefender for GandCrab v1, v4, and v5, and finally a new FilesLocker rasnomware as a service.
A new ransomware called FilesLocker is being distributed as a Ransomware as a Service, or RaaS, that targets Chinese and English speaking victims.