A new ransomware that encrypts only EXE files present in your computer including the ones presented in the windows folder, which typically other ransomware won’t do to ensure the operating system function correctly. It was first tweeted by MalwareHunterTeam and it has the title as Barack Obama’s Everlasting Blue Blackmail Virus Ransomware, according to its file properties. It is unknown how the attackers distributing the...
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The problem of data recovery after ransomware that encrypts files has increased, with more and more cases recently. Help in these cases is not a trivial task. Let’s consider some sides of this problem. Ransomware usually encrypts the most-used data such as photos, videos, office files, databases, etс. Ransomwares can give different extensions to encrypted data; they are considered as a same mechanism that uses...
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Ransomware has posed a serious threat to the data security of enterprises and individuals. Fortunately, 360 Internet Security Center has detected and defensed ransomware immediately. According to the feedback from our users, we found that the number of our users attacked by ransomware shows a slight upward trend in August. Also, the highest number of single-day interceptions for weak passwords reached more than 6 million...
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Cybercriminals are continuing to innovate and use legitimate tools to deliver the malicious file, with this new campaign attacker used WMIC (Windows Management Interface Command) to deliver the information-stealing malware. WMIC is a command line interface that allows users to run WMI operations, which used to get the status of the local or remote computer systems. The use of legitimate tools allows threat actors to fly...
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Recently, 360 Security Team found the new variant of GlobeImposter ransomware family is actively spreading worldwide that has affected the great number of users. Moreover, the attack is expected to be more serious in the future. GlobeImposter can be seen as one of the most powerful ransomware in these years. It uses a high-intensity algorithm for encryption. Once the files are encrypted, it is almost...
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