Security News > 2024 > January > The Week in Ransomware - January 5th 2024 - Secret decryptors
With it being the first week of the New Year and some still away on vacation, it has been slow with ransomware news, attacks, and new information.
Last weekend, BleepingComputer tested a new decryptor for the Black Basta ransomware to show how it could be used to decrypt victims' files for free.
We also learned this week that Australia's Court Services Victoria suffered a ransomware attack, allowing the threat actors to view recordings of hearings, even potentially sensitive ones.
Finally, the source code and a builder for a new version of the Zeppelin Ransomware was sold on a hacking forum, allegedly fixing an encryption bug that allowed law enforcement and incident responders to recover files for free.
December 30th 2023 New Black Basta decryptor exploits ransomware flaw to recover files.
New Black Basta decryptor exploits ransomware flaw to recover files.