Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for July 4 - July 10, 2021
This week, the SpyHunter malware research team has highlighted a weekly roundup of common and critical malware threats that are currently affecting computers around the world. Take a look at this week's report and stay ahead of trending malware threats!
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This Week in Malware Video
This episode discusses the following topics: A strong warning for computer users who may face the Hacktool:Win32/Keygen threat that produces fake activation keys for popular software, how the PC Repair app is a defragmentation program that floods users with fake error messages, and how the file-locking trojan Makop Ransomware is infecting systems around the world.
Malware Security Alerts of the Week
 Ragnar Locker RansomwareRagnar Locker Ransomware may show up on compromised systems where several files are targeted by Ragnar Locker Ransomware and encrypted so the threat may make demands for the computer user to pay a ransom fee for supposedly decrypting the locked files. Read more |
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| Iqll Ransomware Iqll Ransomware is a dangerous Trojan horse that is related to the STOP/Djvu family of ransomware threats known for seeking specific files types on an infected computer only to encrypt the files and demand a ransom payment from the victimized computer user. Read more |
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 Search.loky.chSearch.loky.ch is a questionable website that has been determined to be a browser hijacker associated with other potentially unwanted programs and web browser components. Automatic loading of Search.loky.ch is an indication of a computer user in need of a solution to rid their system of unwanted browser extensions and add-on components. Read more |
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| Crackonosh Malware Crackonosh Malware is a dangerous computer threat that targets systems for mining cryptocurrency where they become infected and are potentially instructed to mine cryptocurrency only to generate money for the hackers behind the Crackonosh Malware threat. Read more |
This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News
 Ransomware Attack Led by the REvil (Sodikinibi) Cyber Gang Affects 1,500 Businesses WorldwideAn aggressive ransomware attack that has targeted and compromised 1500 business around the world has been traced back to the REvil (Sodikinibi) cybercrook gang. Read more |
 Cybercrooks Wipe Thousands of WD NAS Devices Through Remote Code ExecutionHackers have leveraged an unpatched zero-day vulnerability that has allowed hackers to attack and erase thousands of Western Digital hard drive NAS devices through a remote code execution process. Read more |