.KRAKEN File Extension

Category: Ransomware encrypted Files

What are .KRAKEN files and how to open them?

Can't open .KRAKEN file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .KRAKEN file.

What is a .KRAKEN file extension?

.KRAKEN file extension has been classified as Ransomware encrypted Files.

.KRAKEN is Rakhni ransomware affected file

File extension kraken is most often known to be ued for files that were encrypted and renamed by Rakhni ransomware distributed via any of the following Trojans:

Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Rakhni
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Agent.iih
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Aura
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Autoit
Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Pletor
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Rotor
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Lamer
and Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Cryptokluchen

Note: a different ransomware that uses kraken suffix appeared in December 2016, but this seems to be unrelated to the original Rakhni ransomware. It is know simply as Kraken Ransomware.

How to open:

You cannot open these files until you decrypt them successfully. There exist a decryptor from Kaspersky called RakhniDecryptor that may be of help.

How to convert: