Bleeping Computer

New ShrinkLocker ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt your files

A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker. ShrinkLocker, named so because it creates the boot volume by shrinking ...
Ars Technica

Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full-volume encryptor that ...
TechRepublic

What Is ShrinkLocker? New Ransomware Targets Microsoft BitLocker Encryption Feature

The malware exploits Windows BitLocker to encrypt corporate files. A new strain of ransomware dubbed ShrinkLocker is being used by cyberattackers to target enterprise computers. It exploits the ...
Bleeping Computer

New ShrinkLocker ransomware decryptor recovers BitLocker password

Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the 'ShrinkLocker' ransomware strain, which uses Windows' built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim's files. Discovered in May 2024 by ...
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Ransomware attack on Romanian water agency hits over a thousand systems

Romania’s ANAR hit by ransomware, affecting around 1,000 systems across river basin organizations Attackers used Windows BitLocker; ransom note left, negotiations discouraged by DNSC Hydrotechnical ...
Ars Technica

Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

Using BitLocker to hurt people just really isn't funny to me and you're wired wrong if you get your jollies from it. Even though I know what I'm doing, I'd never be so bold to think I could never be ...