Description

RanSim is a ransomware simulation script written in PowerShell. It recurisively encrypts files in the target directory using 256-bit AES encryption.

You can use RanSim to test your defenses and backups against real ransomware-like activity in a controlled setting. The same script can be used to decrypt the files if needed.

Usage

Encrypt

.\RanSim.ps1 -Mode encrypt

Decrypt

.\RanSim.ps1 -Mode decrypt

Optional Parameters and Defaults

-TargetPath -> C:\RanSim

-Extension -> .encrypted

-Key -> Q5KyUru6wn82hlY9k8xUjJOPIC9da41jgRkpt21jo2L=

Other Global Variables

TargetFiles -> .pdf .xls* .ppt* .doc* .accd* .rtf .txt .csv .jpg .jpeg .png .gif .avi .midi .mov mp3 .mp4 .mpeg .mpeg2 .mpeg3 .mpg .ogg

Credits

The author of the FileCryptography.psm1 is Tyler Siegrist, and he is also credited in the module's docstring.