Locky’s latest ransomware campaign has reportedly attacked one of the largest personnel data centers – the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Experts fear that this hack may have resulted in the major data theft of approximately 22 million people. How…
And just when we thought the Cerber variants of its 4th version were over, the main competitors of Locky ransomware have surpised us with 4.1.6 iteration. The version does not include major improvements, but a new wallpaper as well as…
Vindows Locker is the name for a new ransomware cryptovirus. Malware researcher Jakub Kroustek discovered the virus. The ransom price that it asks for decrypting your files is 350 US dollars. The malware will encrypt your files and place the…
A new ransomware cryptovirus claims that Donald Trump encrypted your files. This virus will encrypt your files and display a ransom message in a window with a picture of Donald Trump. The sum of 10 US dollars is asked as…
The ransomware that is a mystery wrapped in an enigma inside a riddle for malware researchers has been released in yet another variant. The latest Locky ransomware does not cheat on its roots and uses the .aesir file extension –…
The new version of the popular among Russian users Unlock92 ransomware virus has been reported to be updated and now use the .kukaracha file extension which it adds to the files it encrypts. The Unlock92 ransomware then renders the files…
Malware researchers have uncovered what initially seemed to be ransomware on an iPhone – a type of malware that locks the device and demands money to be paid to unlock it. In March 2016, mac users have begun to exhibit…
Also known as CHIP Ransomware, malware researchers have estimated that this virus has already begun causing successful infections. It uses an RSA encryption algorithm which develops a unique decryption key for each file the CHIP ransomware encrypts. After doing so,…
“Your PC is locked by the ShellLocker” – this is what victims see when their wallpaper is changed with the skull wallpaper of the latest .net based ransomware, called ShellLocker. After this particular virus encrypts the files on the compromised…
A dangerous ransomware virus has appeared on the dark web, known by the name CryptoLuck. The virus uses a powerful AES cipher to encrypt the files on the compromised computer after which generate a custom AES decryption keys and sends…
Angela Merkel is now also the name of a ransomware cryptovirus. 1200 euros are demanded as payment for decrypting your files. The payload of this ransomware is masked as an updater for the Google Chrome browser. This virus will encrypt…
Crypton ransomware is the newest bilingual cryptovirus that has been found. Malware researchers from the MalwareHunterTeam have made the discovery. The payload of the virus tries to trick users that it is WinRar. The virus will encrypt your files and…
A malware researcher has recently discovered the Karma ransomware cryptovirus. Apparently, the virus pretends to be a tool that is a tune up utility for Windows and is spread as freeware. The virus will encrypt your files and display a…
Razy ransomware has been released in a second variant and this time the virus uses a more sophisticated and thoroughly checked code as well as advanced obfuscator. It may still employ the AES file encryption algorithm that will render the…
Malware researchers have managed to discover the unlock password for a screenlocker type of virus, known as MagicLocker. The malware is believed to be replicating primarily via several different methods, such as spam e-mails and fake game patches. After attack…
WickedLocker is the name of a new ransomware cryptovirus based on the open-source HiddenTear project. All encrypted files will have the extension .locked appended to them. After it locks your files it demands 1 Bitcoin as payment. To see how…
Russian ransomware viruses have begun to become more and more frequent, adding new file extension to their variants and becoming more sophisticated. One example of that is Gingerbread ransomware which interestingly enough mocks it’s victims by telling them the child’s…
The Happy Locker ransomware Is everything but happiness for the users of the computers this nasty ransomware virus infects. The malware uses the .happy file extensions to the files it encrypts, using the same source code taken from the Hidden…
“Your files are locked !.txt” – this is what the victims of one of the first ransomware viruses ever to exist see after their computers have been attacked and their files are encrypted. CryptoLocker has stopped infecting users and many…
Telecrypt is how a new cryptovirus was dubbed by malware researchers because of its use of telegram channels. The encrypted files will have the extension .Xcri placed after their name. A window will pop up after the encryption process is…
