Open-source ransomware is a real issue which is continuously evolving. Over the past few weeks, researchers have caught three open-source crypto virus strains, based on Hidden Tear and EDA2. What all of the three strains have in common is that…
A variant of the Troldesh/Shade ransomware virus family has been spotted recently. The virus has been dubbed Drugvokrug727 because it uses the Drugvokrug727@india.com email address. The wallpaper placed on a compromised computer features a digital sketch of the main character…
Another variant of the many Troldesh ransomware variants leaving the e-mail Grand_car@aol.com has been detected in the wild. The ransomware virus is reported to use an advanced AES encryption algorith with 128-bit strength, the decryption for which is reported to…
Ransomware virus associated with the e-mail address Meldonii@india.com has been spotted out in the wild. Researchers have identified this virus to have associations with the XTBL and CrySiS ransomware variants. This automatically points out that Meldonii@india.com Ransomware may use AES…
Malware researchers have identified a string associated with the XTBL viruses, dubbing it Sitaram108@india.com ransomware virus. It uses the .xtbl file extension and similar to other XTBL viruses may use the AES and RSA ciphers to encrypt files of affected…
A ransomware threat that is a part of the many .XTBL variants has appeared, and it has begun infecting users worldwide. It uses a strong encryption algorithm to encipher the files of its victims on system startup. The aim of…
Yet another ransomware virus has appeared, belonging to the notorious .XTBL ransomware variants. The malware has been the reason for report that it aims to encrypt the files of affected users. It may use AES encryption to encode the files…
WildFire Locker is a ransomware virus that aims to encrypt the files of the computers it infects adding the .wflx file extension and asking users to pay a ransom of 299 USD to restore the encrypted files. When the virus…
Ransomware has moved from targeting hospitals to targeting universities. According to SentinelOne, six out of ten British universities have fallen victim to crypto virus attacks. The security firm has sent a FOI (Freedom of Information) request to 71 higher educational…
Part of the Purge ransomware variants the Globe virus has begun infecting PCs and encrypting their files after which appending the .purge extension to the encoded files. The aes-256 encryption algorithm may be used by the Globe malware to scramble…
A ransomware virus reported to belong to the CrySiS and .xtbl ransomware variants has been reported to encrypt user files on Windows computers with a strong military grade ciphers. The XTBL variants are usually reported to use AES, RSA, and…
Alma Locker virus is a recent ransomware discovered by a malware researcher from Proofpoint security. The researcher has found that the virus spreads via the RIG Exploit Kit. The ransomware encrypts nearly 90 file types. Victims have five days to…
Crypto-viruses are an increasing menace that aims to turn your day the other way around, making you pay to cyber-criminals for keys that were encrypted. And what is worse is that cyber-crooks constantly keep developing new and more sophisticated ways…
A ransomware virus has been spotted to attack primarily Czech speaking users, according to malware researchers. It is dubbed Czech ransomware and uses the ??? file extension which it appends to the files encrypted by it. The affected files by…
DetoxCrypto ransomware is another Pokémon themed crypto-virus, which appeared just a day ago. This ransomware seeks to encrypt sixty file extension types and gives victims a period of only three days to pay up. The ransom price that is asked…
Mr. Robot TV series has become the inspiration for malware writers to create a ransomware, called Fsociety. The virus aims to imitate a fictional hacking group from the famous TV series, just like Anonymous is. As much as we enjoy…
A new HiddenTear crypto-virus variant, named Korean ransomware, was discovered in the wild. Its ransom note is written in Korean, thus it is believed to be mainly targeting Korea, but it is not excluded for other users across the globe…
A ransomware virus going by the name Purge has started infecting computers, adding the .purge file extension after it encrypts them with a strong AES-256 encryption algorithm. The ransomware virus has also been reported to use CBC (Cipher Block Chaining)…
The Xorist ransomware family has been known to security researchers for a while now. A new variant of this family has just emerged and it has been identified as Team XRat, or just XRat. For now, the crypto virus specifically…
Malware of the file encryption character also known as ransomware has been causing quite the stir and it is no secret that the encryption these threats use may take tens if not hundreds of years to factorize and decrypt files…
