Viruses and parasites

EvilQuest – a rare Mac ransomware virus that is capable of locking data, recording keystrokes, and wiping away sensitive data EvilQuest, a.k.a. OSX.ThiefQuest or ThiefQuest – a multifunctional ransomware virus targeting macOS machines has been detected by Dinesh Devadoss[1], a researcher from K7 Labs, at the end of June 2020. MacOS is […]

EvilQuest Mac ransomware and keylogger found on torrent sites

July 2, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

Researchers identified Docker Hub community user account that contained malicious crypto-mining images The report released by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 team shows that Docker images got used to generate Monero by deploying cryptocurrency miner malware.[1] The malicious Docker Hub account, active since October 2019, was indicated as the one […]

Docker Hub used to distribute Monero cryptocurrency mining malware

June 26, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

Indiabulls Group is given 24 hours to pay a ransom for the variant of CryptoMix ransomware known as CLOP The Indian conglomerate Indiabulls Group headquarter in Gurgaon has been hit by CLOP ransomware virus earlier this month, cybersecurity firm Cybel[1] reported. The criminals behind the virus threaten the victim to expose […]

Is Indiabulls Group going to pay CLOP ransomware? We’ll see

June 24, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

Chrome Web Store under magnifying glass again: 106 add-ons removed for spying on users Warned by Awake Security[1] researchers last month, Google removed over 100 Chrome browser extensions from the official Chrome Web Store on Thursday. According to the company, a spying attack has been observed targeting networks of governmental […]

Spyware extensions removed from Chrome Web Store after 32M downloads

June 22, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

Researchers revealed InvisiMole and Gamaredon hackers unified to initiate targeted attack over high-profile organizations in Eastern Europe ESET research group[1] has revealed a tandem of two infamous hacker groups, namely InvisiMole and Gamaredon, working together to attack the military sector and diplomatic organization in Eastern Europe. The InvisiMole ATP has […]

InvisiMole and Gamaredon join hands to spread backdoor malware

June 18, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

The city of Knoxville became a victim of the ransomware attack Knoxville, with a population of over 180,000 joined Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, and other cities on the list with states and municipal entities that suffered ransomware attacks. The city was forced to shut down the entire computer network when the […]

Knoxville joins the club: IT network gets shut down after ...

June 12, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

Cybercriminals switched from Covid-19 pandemic scams to the Black Lives Matter movement scams Vote anonymous about “Black Lives Matter”[1] – that’s a subject line of scam emails that have been spotted on the landscape in the first half of June 2020. Since the beginning of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, hackers […]

Black Lives Matter campaign misused by Trickbot malware

June 11, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

STOP/Djvu ransomware victims – do not download a free decryptor unless it’s official or you will get your files re-encrypted Free STOP/Djvu ransomware decryptor for the latest versions of this dangerous virus – sounds good to be true, isn’t it? At the very beginning of June 2020, cybersecurity researchers spotted […]

Warning! Fake Djvu decryptor spreads Zorab ransomware

June 9, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

This ransomware hides its payload in a Java image file, preventing detection on Windows and Linux systems Researchers at BlackBerry Threat Intelligence have spotted a new surge of Tycoon ransomware infections across software and education sections.[1] The malware is relatively new, as it was first spotted in the wild in […]

Unique attack vector: Tycoon ransomware targets corporate networks

June 8, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager

Crooks behind REvil ransomware found an extra income source – stolen data auction REvil[1] ransomware, a.k.a. Sodinokibi, managers keep inventing the ways of getting rich even if the victims refuse to pay the ransom. Researchers[2] revealed a new section called Happy Blog Auction (new) in the gang-operated leak site on […]

REvil auction: higher bidder – better piece of data

June 6, 2020 in Virus tagged malware / News / trojan / Virus / Viruses and parasites by webmanager