STOP Ransomware is able to decrypt passwords
What to do to prevent passwords from being decrypted?
- Use long passphrases, not short passwords
- Include special characters when possible
- Include a space, especially on Windows computers
- Change passwords frequently
- Setup an encryption passphrase for your browser password storage
For example use a passphrase WeNeverGiveUpWhenWePlaySoccer20& instead of a silly common one 123456.
The ransomware called STOP was discovered with variants of the Azorult Trojan. Azorult cracks the user's passwords. Cracking is done by reading password hashes or doing a dictionary attack AKA brute force attack when a program tries to find dictionary words to guess the password.
