Top 23 Ransomware Open-Source Projects

1. hosts

   1 313 27,678 9.5 Python

   🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

   

   Project mention: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-10

   uBlock Origin still works in Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

   And you can, I believe, still just modify your hosts table to block out ads in Chrome. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

   Or your router's DNS using something like NextDNS. https://nextdns.io/

   Ads suck. Support content where you can, but even when you pay they still serve ads / tracking scripts. So fuck 'em. Block all the ads.

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3. block

   2 95 2,534 2.4 Shell

   Let's make an annoyance free, better open internet, altogether!

   

4. hblock

   3 29 1,742 5.0 Shell

   Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.

   

5. malware-samples

   4 3 1,667 0.0

   A collection of malware samples caught by several honeypots i manage

   

6. Qu1cksc0pe

   5 1 1,419 7.9 YARA

   All-in-One malware analysis tool.

   

7. Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist

   6 23 1,376 0.0 Shell

   The Ultimate Unified Hosts file for protecting your network, computer, smartphones and Wi-Fi devices against millions of bad web sites. Protect your children and family from gaining access to bad web sites and protect your devices and pc from being infected with Malware or Ransomware.

   

8. The-MALWARE-Repo

   7 1 1,109 4.7 VBScript

   A repository full of malware samples.

9. SaaSHub

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10. Malware-Exhibit

    8 2 1,019 9.8 Assembly

    🚀🚀 This is a 🎇🔥 REAL WORLD🔥 🎇 Malware Collection I have Compiled & analysed by researchers🔥 to understand more about Malware threats😈, analysis and mitigation🧐.

11. ransomwatch

    9 3 988 10.0 HTML

    the transparent ransomware claim tracker 🥷🏼🧅🖥️

    

12. shennina

    10 2 532 10.0 Python

    Automating Host Exploitation with AI

    

13. Ransomchats

    11 2 488 8.4 Python

    

14. PSRansom

    12 1 476 2.5 PowerShell

    PowerShell Ransomware Simulator with C2 Server

    

15. Owlyshield

    13 24 399 2.4 Rust

    Owlyshield is an EDR framework designed to safeguard vulnerable applications from potential exploitation (C&C, exfiltration and impact).

    

16. blackweb

    14 2 358 6.2 Shell

    Domains Blacklist for Squid-Cache

    

17. rensenware-cut

    15 2 300 2.6 C#

    cut version of rensenware

    

18. The-Big-List-of-Hacked-Malware-Web-Sites

    16 1 279 0.0 Shell

    This repository contains a list of all web sites I come across that are either hacked with or purposefully hosting malware, ransomware, viruses or trojans.

19. access-manager

    17 22 246 4.2 C#

    Access Manager provides web-based access to local admin (LAPS) passwords, BitLocker recovery keys, and just-in-time administrative access to Windows computers in a modern, secure, and user-friendly way.

    

20. malware-ioc

    18 8 236 8.1 Python

    This repository contains indicators of compromise (IOCs) of our various investigations. (by prodaft)

    

21. Jasmin-Ransomware

    19 1 236 7.6 C#

    Jasmin Ransomware is an advanced red team tool (WannaCry Clone) used for simulating real ransomware attacks. Jasmin helps security researchers to overcome the risk of external attacks.

    

22. RanSim

    20 8 219 2.9 PowerShell

    Ransomware simulation script written in PowerShell. Useful for testing your defenses and backups against real ransomware-like activity in a controlled setting.

    

23. Ransomware-Samples

    21 1 210 2.2

    Small collection of Ransomware organized by family.

    

24. ransomwhere

    22 3 207 4.9 Go

    A PoC ransomware sample to test out your ransomware response strategy.

    

25. Pandora

    23 1 125 0.0 Java

    Pandora is an simple undetectable open-source virus composed of agents, servers and masters. Can be used under Windows & Linux. (by thisisnzed)

    

26. SaaSHub

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Ransomware related posts

• Show HN: MicroSCOPE – identify ransomware statically with heuristics

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Apr 2024

• Las Vegas

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Sep 2023

• PTI-257 Group Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) - PTI-257 consists of former Wizard Spider actors who are publicly known for the various malware variants they use (Ryuk, Trickbot, and Conti, among others)

  1 project | /r/blueteamsec | 14 Sep 2023

• Show HN: MicroSCOPE – Heuristics for Ransomware Similarity

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jun 2023

• Decryptor for PlutoCrypt Ransomware

  1 project | /r/blueteamsec | 26 May 2023

• Ideas of how to integrate ML into vulnerable scanning

  1 project | /r/HowToHack | 8 Mar 2023

• item level targeting

  1 project | /r/sysadmin | 3 Mar 2023
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