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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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Malware · October 26, 2022

Vidar Stealer. What is Vidar Malware?

Vidar stealer is specific type of malicious software that aims at stealing certain data types. It may be distributed as a stand-alone malware, and...

Avast Detection · October 24, 2022

JS:ScriptPE-inf [Trj] – Avast Virus

If you spectate the alert of JS:ScriptPE-inf detection, it looks like that your PC has a trojan. All viruses are dangerous, without any exceptions....

Ransomware · October 24, 2022

STOP/DJVU Ransomware (2024 Guide)

The STOP/Djvu ransomware codifies the users' data with the AES-256 algorithm (CFB mode). However, it does not encrypt the entire file, but rather approximately...