One of the most impactful ransomware viruses – Cerber has released yet another iteration of its fourth variant. The virus has applied changes in how it communicates with the C&C servers and some slight changes in the methods it infects,…
Fuck Society ransomware isn’t the first cryptovirus with that theme. This one however claims to use RSA with 4096 bits for the encryption process. All encrypted files will have the extension .dll. That is troubling, because if you tamper with…
The malware researcher Karsten Hahn has discovered the MasterBuster ransomware. The virus will encrypt your files with the .hcked extension and display a ransom note with payment instructions afterward. The ransomware is based on the open-source EDA2 project. To see…
Kangaroo ransomware is a variant of the Apocalypse virus. That extension appended to files which are locked by it is .crypted_file. The AES algorithm is utilized for the encryption process. The Esmeralda ransomware seems to be an intermediate variant related…
A ransomware pretending to be very scary, has been reported by malware researchers Computer to be completely harmless and solely block access to various windows processes and applications. Anyone who has been infected by this virus should not be scared…
DummyEncrypter is a ransomware virus. The malware that unwraps the virus is hidden in an executable file. That file pretends to be the installer of CCleaner, while using its icon, name and other details to make it believable and try…
RotorCrypt is the new name of the previously known Rotor cryptovirus. The virus is also ransomware as its past iteration. After the encryption of your files, the extension .c400 will be appended to them along with one of two emails.…
EXOTIC 3.0 Ransomware is the newer version of the notorious EXOTIC Squad Virus, which has caused substantial damage in the past. Although there are several notable differences between these two parasites, their ultimate goal is the same – to make…
WinRarer is the latest ransomware that uses the encryption of the popular WinRar program to encrypt users’ files. If the virus gets into your system, it will lock your important files in a single .ace archive that is protected with…
What Is BTC Ransomware? A ransomware virus themed on the number one cryptocurrency BitCoin has been reported to encrypt the files on it’s victims computers and wreak havoc on a massive scale. The malware may employ encryption to render the…
As soon as the first variant of Globe ransomware was decrypted successfully by malware researchers, it’s creators have released two new versions of the virus that include multiple modifications – Globe2 ransomware and a new third variant of Globe. The…
A ransomware virus using the nomoneynohoney@india.com e-mail address as a file extension and belonging to the CrySiS ransomware variants has been spotted in the wild by victims and IT support staff. The virus has been reported to also use the…
A ransomware cryptovirus called Ishtar is encrypting victims’ files over the past few days. The name is that of a Mesopotamian goddess of war and love, but the cybercriminals might have named their malware after the famous Israeli singer. Encrypted…
The Versiegelt seems to be a German variant of the Jigsaw ransomware cryptovirus. All encrypted files will have the extension .versiegelt appended to them. The virus does not seem to have any particular theme as past variants do. The ransom…
New ransomware virus dubbed ZeroCrypt by malware researchers has been spotted to encrypt files adding it’s .zn2016 file extension after their original ones and rendering them no longer openable. After it encrypts the files, the virus notifies the victim whose…
A malware researcher from G Data has discovered the Onyx ransomware cryptovirus. The virus will encrypt your files and display a ransom note with instructions written in the Georgian language. To see how to remove the ransomware and how you…
The Winnix Cryptor Team have developed a ransomware virus named after themselves – Winnix Cryptor. The cryptovirus will encrypt your files while appending the extension .wnx to each file. The ransom price that is asked for decryption is 4 Bitcoins,…
Yet another update has surfaced online concerning what appears to be one of the biggest ransomware viruses out there – the Cerber virus. Having a powerful scheme to redistribute it’s malicious files, the malware has become very sophisticated and it’s…
It was not long before the new Cerber ransomware which many seem to call version 4.0 received an overhaul. The new version now uses more optimized code for the modification and encryption of the infected computers and a new wallpaper…
Malware sure is evolving fast and many researchers and cyber-security officials are concerned about that. The latest developments in malware seemed to recently be the new ransomware viruses that terrorize victims all the time. However, even ransomware viruses can evolve…
