'.korea File Extension' Ransomware
The '.korea File Extension' Ransomware is an encryption ransomware Trojan that was first observed in February 2019. Threats like the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware are quite threatening since they can block access to the victims' files permanently. They function by controlling the victim's computer, taking the victim's files hostage, and then demanding a ransom for restoring access to the compromised data. The '.korea File Extension' Ransomware is a variant in the Dharma family of ransomware, a large ransomware family that has been active for a while, and carries out an effective attack that poses a real threat to the computer users' data.
How the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware Enter a Computer
The '.korea File Extension' Ransomware is generally delivered to the victims via corrupted spam email attachments that use inserted macro scripts to download and install the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware onto the victim's computer. Once the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware has been installed, it uses AES encryption to make the victim's files inaccessible, encrypting their contents to making them unreadable. In these attacks, encryption ransomware threats target the user-generated files, which may include a wide variety of media files, document types, configuration files, databases and other user-generated data. The following are examples of the files that threats like the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware target in these attacks:
.jpg, .jpeg, .raw, .tif, .gif, .png, .bmp, .3dm, .max, .accdb, .db, .dbf, .mdb, .pdb, .sql, .dwg, .dxf, .cpp, .cs, .h, .php, .asp, .rb, .java, .jar, .class, .py, .js, .aaf, .aep, .aepx, .plb, .prel, .prproj, .aet, .ppj, .psd, .indd, .indl, .indt, .indb, .inx, .idml, .pmd, .xqx, .xqx, .ai, .eps, .ps, .svg, .swf, .fla, .as3, .as, .txt, .doc, .dot, .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm, .docb, .rtf, .wpd, .wps, .msg, .pdf, .xls, .xlt, .xlm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsb, .xla, .xlam, .xll, .xlw, .ppt, .pot, .pps, .pptx, .pptm, .potx, .potm, .ppam, .ppsx, .ppsm, .sldx, .sldm, .wav, .mp3, .aif, .iff, .m3u, .m4u, .mid, .mpa, .wma, .ra, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .3gp, .mpeg, .3g2, .asf, .asx, .flv, .mpg, .wmv, .vob, .m3u8, .dat, .csv, .efx, .sdf, .vcf, .xml, .ses, .qbw, .qbb, .qbm, .qbi, .qbr , .cnt, .des, .v30, .qbo, .ini, .lgb, .qwc, .qbp, .aif, .qba, .tlg, .qbx, .qby , .1pa, .qpd, .txt, .set, .iif, .nd, .rtp, .tlg, .wav, .qsm, .qss, .qst, .fx0, .fx1, .mx0, .fpx, .fxr, .fim, .ptb, .ai, .pfb, .cgn, .vsd, .cdr, .cmx, .cpt, .csl, .cur, .des, .dsf, .ds4, , .drw, .eps, .ps, .prn, .gif, .pcd, .pct, .pcx, .plt, .rif, .svg, .swf, .tga, .tiff, .psp, .ttf, .wpd, .wpg, .wi, .raw, .wmf, .txt, .cal, .cpx, .shw, .clk, .cdx, .cdt, .fpx, .fmv, .img, .gem, .xcf, .pic, .mac, .met, .pp4, .pp5, .ppf, .nap, .pat, .ps, .prn, .sct, .vsd, .wk3, .wk4, .xpm, .zip, .rar.
The '.korea File Extension' Ransomware attack changes the files it affects by introducing the file extension '.korea' to the affected file's name. After encrypting the victim's files, the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware demands a ransom payment from the victim. The victims are instructed to contact the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware perpetrators via email and then asked to pay a large ransom using digital currency such as Bitcoin.
Dealing with the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware Infection
Computer users should not contact the criminals via email or to pay the ransom. It is extremely improbable that the criminals will keep their word and restore access to the data compromised by the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware attack. They are just as likely to ignore the payment or target the victim for additional hoaxes. Instead, computer users should take preemptive measures against threats like the '.korea File Extension' Ransomware. The best measure is to have backup copies of your data and to store these backups on the cloud or another safe location. Apart from file backups, a security program should be used at all times.
