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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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Ransomware · December 31, 2019

CUBA Files Virus (Cuba Ransomware Removal Guide)

Cuba is a BURAN family of ransomware-type infections. The infection encrypts your private files (video, photos, documents). The infected files can be tracked by...

Matrix · December 30, 2019

[email protected] BWNG Virus Files

What is BWNG file infection? Also referred to as Matrix ransomware, it modifies your documents by means of encrypting them and demanding the ransom...