We are covering ransomware and the latest “innovations” to improve it at the expense of the poor victims since 2017. They are always on top of their game in order…
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Have you heard of GermanWiper? No, it is not a brand of shaving razor or tissue paper in Germany. The name is very unfortunate, but it is another “ransomware” that…
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Ransomware is a category of malware that brings trouble to users by locking files by an industry-standard encryption protocol (usually AES – Advanced Encryption Standard), and asking them to pay…
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The newly discovered ransomware family targets the QNAP network attached storage (NAS) devices. This malicious program, known by security researcher Anomali as eCh0raix (identified by Trend Micro as Ransom.Linux.ECHORAIX.A), was…
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Another U.S. city bites the dust, as Riviera, a city in Florida with a population of 6-million residents had its local government computers infected by a ransomware. City officials embarrassingly…
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A new variant of the Ryuk ransomware, which blacklists IP addresses and computers and thus simplifies the infection process, has been detected. MalwareHunterTeam had discovered this new sample which adds…
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The Belgian manufacturer of aeronautical equipment ASCO was forced to close its operations in Belgium, Germany, Canada and the United States after a ransomware attack at its Zaventem plant in…
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As ransomware continues to become complex year-after-year, there is only one weapon to overcome the challenge raised by cybercriminals – backup system. We are in the age of cloud-storage services…
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Remember the malvertising campaigns in the early days where are adverts showing you are the nth visitor, and you have a prize to claim for being the coveted nth visitor…
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Some key online operations in the U.S city of Baltimore have been impacted following a ransomware attack. Reports reveal that all online payment gateways and emails have been totally affected,…
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