“In last year, more than 200 new ransomware were discovered, it’s growth of in-the-wild samples is two-folded, but the good news is that hundreds of millions of AVG and Avast users are protected against this notorious threat,” says a blog post signed by Jakub Kroustek, the reverse engineer and malware analyst at the Avast.
The newly released three new decryption tools address three different ransomware strains namely Jigsaw, HiddenTear and Philadelphia/Stampado. Some solutions for these strains are already available, those are from other security researchers. Avast, however, decided that it is better to have multiple options.
That is because these three ransomware strains are very active and frequently encountered. Since the encryption keys used update quite often and so must the decryption tools. In the end, whether it is Avast’s tools or those made by any other security researchers that work against these ransomware, it’s all for the very same purpose.
