When Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in 2006, one of the most famous tools it gained was Process Explorer. For Windows operating systems…
Tag: malware
Petya – Taking Ransomware To The Low Level
Petya is different from the other popular ransomware these days. Instead of encrypting files one by one, it denies access to…
First Mac ransomware spotted
Apple quietly added detection of something called “KeRanger” to the XProtect anti-malware definitions in OS X on Saturday. It was revealed…
DMA Locker Strikes Back
A few days ago we published a post about a new ransomware – DMA Locker (read more here). At that time,…
DMA Locker: New Ransomware, But No Reason To Panic
DMA Locker is another ransomware that appeared at the beginning of this year. For now it has been observed to be…
LeChiffre, Ransomware Ran Manually
LeChiffre is yet another ransomware that recently has been observed to cause some major damage (in Mumbai – read more here)….
WebSearcher PUP applies Proxy Lockdown
What makes this one different? What makes this one different is that it uses a set of permissions to get the…
Inside Chimera Ransomware – the first ‘doxingware’ in wild
Ransomware have proven to be a good source of money for cybercriminals. Not surprisingly, we are nowadays facing various families of…
Malware Targeting Steam Traders Banks on New Escrow System
[Update: December 9, 2015] We already detect the second Escrow.exe malware sample as Trojan.MSIL.Stealer. Original post: “Steam escrow”—This is the term…
“INTUIT Security Warning” Emails Lead to Fake Browser Update Malware
Users of popular accounting software Quickbooks should keep an eye out for this fake “Intuit Security Warning” themed email currently in circulation,…