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Brendan Smith

Cybersecurity analyst covering malware families, suspicious files, and detection alerts. Brendan focuses on clear explanations of what a warning means, when it may be a false positive, and which cleanup steps are appropriate.

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Others · November 30, 2020

DOPPELPAYMER Ransomware

The Doppelpaymer ransomware encrypts all user's data on the local network (photos, documents, excel tables, music, videos, etc), adds its specific extension to every...