Over the past months, lots of people became victims of ransomware. For that reason, a Swiss security blog abuse.ch presented a new project, named Ransomeware Tracker.
A brief description of the purpose of Ransomware Tracker is provided bellow:
- Providing hosting- and internet service providers (ISPs), law enforcement agencies (LEA) and national CERTs/CSIRTs intel on such infrastructure within their consticuency
- Providing an overview on internet infrastructure used by cybercriminals for their Ransomware operations
- Offering blocklists for internet users, enterprises and antivirus vendors and security solution providers
- Giving internet users and enterprises a brief overview on Ransomware mitigation strategies
Currently, Ransomware Tracker tracks the following Ransomware families:
- CryptoWall
- PadCrypt
- Locky
- TeslaCrypt
- TorrentLocker
- CTB-Locker
- FAKBEN
More Ransomware families are said to be added to the Ransomware Tracker soon.
