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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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Recent articles by Brendan Smith

Ransomware · July 16, 2023

MITU Virus File Decrypt & Removal

While analyzing malware samples submitted to VirusTotal, I discovered the Mitu ransomware, a member of the STOP/Djvu ransomware family, encrypting files and appending the...

Ransomware · July 15, 2023

MIZA Virus File Decrypt & Removal

While analyzing malware samples submitted to VirusTotal, I discovered the Miza ransomware, a member of the STOP/Djvu ransomware family, encrypting files and appending the...