bitdefender

1 - Bitdefender’s Position on Ransomware Attacks and Decryptors This week Bitdefender was named in a press article regarding our decision to release a free decryptor in January 2021 to help those affected by Darkside ransomware. The authors of the article assert that publicly releasing a ransomware decryptor enables malicious actors to modify their methods to evade future decryption, thus increasing the risk of successful future attacks. This assertion is flawed from a common sense…