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…
Ransomware virus known as Nemucod was reported during April to infect multiple machines and stop defensive processes of Windows and security software on them to remain active on the infected computer. The virus also encrypts files with a very strong…
Meet Shark, a ransomware project discovered by Serbian security researchers GrujaRS and reported by Softpedia. The project is freely distributed on the Deep Web. However, a deeper look into Shark revealed that it’s a scam even though it delivers valid…
Locky ransomware is one of the crypto virus cases that hasn’t been solved so far and continues to evolve. No Locky decrypter is available for victims to unlock their files freely. New spam campaigns spreading Locky were just detected by…
PokemonGO now has a ransomware virus counterpart – an executable file with the name PokemonGo.exe and an icon of the Pikachu pokemon. Fans of the latest trend in the gaming world might be tricked to open the file and find…
Ransomware which belongs to the ACCDFISA viruses has become the reason for concerns of malware researchers. It has been reported to encode the files of the computers it infects leaving the file extension “(!! to get email id password {Unique…
A ransomware variant came out in April 2016, carrying the name AutoLocky and using the .locky file extension. It pretends to be one of the big players in the game – Locky Ransomware, using its file extension. The virus may…
Are you a victim of Smrss32 ransomware? We hope that your system is fully patched and that all your data is sufficiently backed up, but if you have fallen victim to this malware, keep reading. It’s the latest crypto virus…
