QSnatch malware infects thousands of QNAP NAS devices
Last week, Finland’s National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warned of a new malware attack on the QNAP NAS. Now it has become known that the...
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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 · October 31, 2019
How to remove Craw virus and restore .craw files?
Craw is a DJVU family of ransomware-type infections. This infection encrypts important personal files (video, photos, documents). The infected files can be tracked by...
News · October 31, 2019
Xhelper malware attacks Android devices and demonstrates outstanding survival skills
Xhelper malware attacks Android devices and shows extraordinary survival skills - it remains active even after resetting the system to factory settings. malware is...
Dharma · October 31, 2019
.start Virus File (Dharma Ransomware) – Remove It
What is .start file infection? Also referred to as DHARMA ransomware, it modifies your documents by means of encrypting them and demanding the ransom...
Dharma · October 31, 2019
.asus Virus File (Dharma Ransomware) – Remove It
What is .asus file virus? Also referred to as DHARMA ransomware, it modifies your documents by means of encrypting them and demanding the ransom...
Ransomware · October 29, 2019
Nakw ransomware. How to decrypt .nakw files?
Nakw is a DJVU family of ransomware-type infections. The virus encrypts important personal files (video, photos, documents). The infected files can be tracked by...
Dharma · October 29, 2019
.xda Virus File (Dharma Ransomware) – Remove It
What is .xda file infection? Also referred to as DHARMA ransomware, it modifies your documents by means of encrypting them and demanding the ransom...
News · October 24, 2019
New CPDoS attack threatens sites that base on popular CDNs
Experts from the Technical University of Cologne described a new attack aimed at poisoning the web cache. According to them, a new CPDoS attack...
Ransomware · October 24, 2019
How to remove Coot virus and restore .coot files?
Coot is a DJVU family of ransomware-type infections. This infection encrypts important personal files (video, photos, documents). The infected files can be tracked by...
Dharma · October 24, 2019
One Virus File (Dharma) – How to Remove It
What is .one file infection? Also referred to as DHARMA ransomware, it modifies your documents by means of encrypting them and demanding the ransom...
News · October 23, 2019
Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit will launch any malware if the file with it is called cmd.exe or regedit.exe
Researcher John Page, also known as hyp3rlinx, spoke about the discovery of the CVE-2019-9491 vulnerability affecting the Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) and allowing...
News · October 22, 2019
Gustuff Banker Again Attacks Android Devices
The Gustuff banker, after receiving the update, it attacks Android devices again, and now collects not only credentials of financial accounts, but also information...
