Ventsislav is a cybersecurity expert at SensorsTechForum since 2015. He has been researching, covering, helping victims with the latest malware infections plus testing and reviewing software and the newest tech developments. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for learning new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management, Network Administration and Computer Administration of System Applications, he found his true calling within the cybersecrurity industry and is a strong believer in the education of every user towards online safety and security.
Ransomware, meant for Russian speaking users, named Lortok has been reported to encrypt the files on the devices it infects by using an AES-256 cipher. When the files are encrypted, they are modified, and the .crime file extension is added…
Flimrans is a ransomlock virus belonging to the Police Ransomware variants. Such variants lock down the computer of the user preventing any access what so ever to it. The random lock virus leaves instructions on how to pay a fee…
File encryption virus belonging to the id variants has been let loose to infect unsuspecting user. The malware is named JuicyLemon, and it belongs to the “id” ransomware viruses. The cyber-criminals behind JuicyLemon use a strong cipher to encode files…
Ransomware, going by the name SkidLocker has been reported to threaten users that they will never see their files again unless they make a payoff to cyber-criminal. The ransom payment amount which SkidLocker demands to decrypt the files it encodes…
Ransomware Virus, belonging to the “@” ransom variants has been reported to encode user files and add a custom file extension to them. It also leaves the email by which victims can contact the cyber-outlaws – masterlock@india.com. Once contacted the…
“Website is locked. Please transfer 1.4 BitCoin to address 3M6SQh8Q6d2j1B4JRCe2ESRLHT4vTDbSM9 to unlock content.” – This message is what users and website publishers see after a website is attacked with this nasty web ransomware. It has been reported by malware researchers…
Update! Malware researchers from Kaspersky have updated their Rannoh Decryptor utility with decryption for the CryptXXX 3.0 ransomware family. Files should be fully decrypted with the help of that software. You can find its download page and instructions at: Kaspersky’s…
Bleep, .1999, .0x0, .fu*k – these are the file extensions used by the nasty Bitmessage ransomware virus that encrypts the files on the computers it infects and asks 2,5 BTC to decrypt them. After encryption, the files become unable to…
The “hidden tear” project has brought yet another ransomware. It is named Strictor and it is also known as BankAccountSummary ransomware which wants 500$ from infected users to get the files encrypted by it back at their disposal. The ransomware…
A very dangerous RAT(Remote Access Trojan) has been reported to have capabilities to hold the computers of its victims for ransom. The Trojan has been reported to be spread primarily in North America and the UK. It has been the…
Ransomware variant was reported to affect an increasing number of users, called BuyUnlockCode has been identified to infect PCs on a global scale. The ransomware uses a strong RSA – 1024 cipher to encrypt the files and an AES cipher…
A crypto-virus known as ECLR ransomware has reported using a strong encryption cipher to encode the files of infected computers, demanding the insane sum of 100 BitCoins for their decryption. In USD this sum equals to around 44700$ and infected…
Ransom malware, known by the name zCrypt has been reported to target primarily Russian-speaking countries, researchers claim. The ransomware may use a strong RSA-2048 cipher to encrypt the files on the computers it infects. After this, it leaves a ransom…
PClock ransomware, pretending to be the notorious Cryptolocker, which is one of the first infections of this kind, has been reported to encrypt files. The crypto-virus uses the algorithm XOR to encrypt the data. The PClock ransomware wants 0.5 BTC,…
The latest by the notorious malware variants DMA Locker is now here, and it means business. Dubbed “!DMALOCK4.0” In its hex prefix, the 4th version of the ransomware uses two ciphers to encrypt the files of infected users – AES…
A crypto-virus also known as AxCrypter ransomware has become the reason for many users complaining to have had their files encrypted. What this malware does is that it may use a strong cipher to encode the files of affected users…
A ransomware that uses one of the most often used ransom messages, encrypting files with a strong cipher has been the reason for several reports of affected victims. The ODCODC ransomware (also known as crypto-virus) sets the .odcodc file extension…
A ransomware virus called BadBlock claims to use a strong RSA cipher to encode the files of infected users has been reported to terrorize unsuspecting users. BadBlock does not use any extension when it encrypts the files. Instead, BadBlock Ransomware…
A browser hijacker has been reported to set a suspicious web page as a home page and a new tab page of the web browsers Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The dangerous software may cause browser redirects, display…
Error code 0x00AEM0D1489 – “Windows Update cannot continue as your software copy is Expired/Corrupt. Please enter a valid product key to continue” – this is what users see after the malicious process “Microsoft.exe” locks their screen, pretending to be Windows…
