MegaCortex is a relatively new ransomware family that continues the 2019 trend of threat actors developing ransomware specifically for targeted attacks on enterprises. First Week of June 2019, analysis of the MegaCortex Ransomware when a sample was found by MalwareHunter Team. Along with this sample, through came a wave of attacks that affected many organizations.
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A new type of malware resorts to crippling a computer if it is detected during security checks, a particularly catastrophic blow to its victims. The malware, nicknamed Rombertik by Cisco Systems, is designed to intercept any plain text entered into a browser window. It is being spread through spam and phishing messages, according to Cisco’s
Popcorn Time malware discovered in early December in 2016 by the Malware Hunter Team, Popcorn Time works just like any other ransomware would today. First, it encrypts and locks away the victim’s files and data upon infecting the device. After that, it flashes a message on the infected screen to prompt the victim to pay
Mobile phones used by Jair Bolsonaro Brazil’s president were accessed by a group of hackers who also targeted a senior judge and prosecutors leading a sweeping anti-corruption investigation, Brazil’s far-right president said on Thursday.
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LooCipher Ransomware LooCipher is a new ransomware being distributed in the wild. It is a file-encrypting ransomware, which encrypts the personal documents found on the victim’s computer. To decrypt their data, victims are encouraged to pay for a decryption key.
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