Azov ransomware, a newcomer to the malware market, is being propagated via pirated software, key generators, and adware bundles, in an attempt to frame security researchers by claiming they are behind the attack.
The ransom note, named RESTORE_FILES.txt, appears to be politically motivated to push western nations into assisting Ukraine in their war against Russia and claims to have encrypted the file in protest of the seizure of Crimea.
The note falsely claims on Twitter that security researcher Hasherazade designed the data wiper, with the help of Vitali Kremez, Michael Gillespie, Lawrence Abrams, MalwareHunterTeam and also asks victims to contact the researchers for the recovery of the files.
According to Lawrence Abrams of BleepingComputer, none of the researchers mentioned in the ransom note are responsible for the attack nor do they have the decryption keys to free the files locked up by the data wiper.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
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