{"id":5696,"date":"2016-11-14T06:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T11:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2017-09-24T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T14:21:46","slug":"crysis-decrypted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/crysis-decrypted\/5696\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crysis crisis is now over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2016, another new strain of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/securelist.com\/analysis\/publications\/75145\/pc-ransomware-in-2014-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ransomware<\/a>\u00a0hit the scene, its name akin to what many victims feel when they are hit with ransomware \u2013 Crysis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5697\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2016\/11\/05112001\/crysis-decryptor-featured-1.jpg\" alt=\"crysis-decryptor-featured\" width=\"1280\" height=\"840\"><\/p>\n<p>Over the past nine months, this strain of ransomware attacked 1.15% of Internet users (Kaspersky Lab Data). The majority of victims are located in Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil. The ransomware also took ninth position in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/securelist.com\/analysis\/quarterly-malware-reports\/76513\/it-threat-evolution-q3-2016-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top 10 ransomware rankings for 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Victimized by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Crysis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Crysis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ransomware?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#ransomware<\/a>? The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#crisis<\/a> is over \u2013 decrypt your files <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/free?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#free<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEqjwtR1sP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/LEqjwtR1sP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SFc67M1O66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SFc67M1O66<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/798218228660998144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, for those victims, today is a day to rejoice. Earlier in the day, a set of encryption keys for the Crysis Trojan was released to the public. Immediately after receiving the keys, our experts created a decryption tool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, we are happy to announce that one more ransomware threat has been decrypted. Kaspersky Lab\u2019s free Crysis decryption tool is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomoreransom.org\/decryption-tools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">available for download at NoMoreRansom.org<\/a>,\u201d notes Anton Ivanov, senior malware analyst\u00a0at Kaspersky Lab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2016, another new strain of\u00a0ransomware\u00a0hit the scene, its name akin to what many victims feel when they are hit with ransomware \u2013 Crysis. 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