Scarab Ransomware- Another Strain Strikes Cyber World
Firstly discovered in June 2017, the infamous Scarab Ransomware made its major comeback on 22 nd August 2019. This new found Scarab variant encrypts the targeted file extensions by employing highly-complex Encryption Algorithms – AES-256 & RSA-2048. It then appends the file names with .dom extension. Once the files are encrypted, it drops a ransom-demanding note, “ How to decrypt files.txt ” in every folder that contains Scarab files. Numerous other versions that are spreading at an alarming rate around the world include Scarab-Recovery, Scarab-Turkish, Scarab-Barracuda & .anonimus.mr@yahoo.com. The victims are looking for ways to remove Scarab ransomware from their system & recover the encrypted files. Let us take an insight into the threat behaviour of Scarab & tips to protect your system against its attack. The Ever-Evolving Threat to Cyber World – Ransomware Ransomware has been a prominent threat to enterprises & individuals alike s...