GonnaCry Rasomware

Original Repository of the GonnaCry Ransomware.

GonnaCry is a linux ransomware that encrypt all user files with strong encryption scheme.

This project is OpenSource, feel free to use, study and/or send pull request.

Ransomware Impact on industry

https://medium.com/@tarcisioma/how-can-a-malware-encrypt-a-company-existence-c7ed584f66b3

How this ransomware encryption scheme works:

https://medium.com/@tarcisioma/ransomware-encryption-techniques-696531d07bb9

How this ransomware works:

https://0x00sec.org/t/how-ransomware-works-and-gonnacry-linux-ransomware/4594

https://medium.com/@tarcisioma/how-ransomware-works-and-gonnacry-linux-ransomware-17f77a549114

Mentions:

https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/sentinelone-detects-prevents-wsl-abuse/

https://hackingvision.com/2017/07/18/gonnacry-linux-ransomware/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSfa2L158Uw

Disclaimer

This Ransomware musn't be used to harm/threat/hurt other person's computer.

It's purpose is only to share knowledge and awareness about Malware/Cryptography/Operating Systems/Programming.

GonnaCry is a academic ransomware made for learning and awareness about security/cryptography.

Be aware running C/bin/GonnaCry or Python/GonnaCry/main.py Python/GonnaCry/bin/gonnacry in your computer, it may harm.

What's a Ransomware?

A ransomware is a form of malware that prevent legitimate users from accessing their device or data and asks for a payment in exchange for the stolen functionality. They have been used for mass extortion in various forms, but the most successful seem to be encrypting ransomware: most of the user data are encrypted and the key can be retrieved with a payment to the attacker. To be widely successful a ransomware must fulfill three properties:

Property 1: The hostile binary code must not contain any secret (e.g. deciphering keys). At least not in an easily retrievable form, indeed white box cryptography can be applied to ransomware.

Property 2: Only the author of the attack should be able to decrypt the infected device.

Property 3: Decrypting one device can not provide any useful information for other infected devices, in particular the key must not be shared among them.