Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for May 10 - May 16, 2020
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: Google's warning of an increase in government-sponsored phishing attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic using the NetWalker Ransomware threat, cyberattacks are rising against telecommuters, and the cyber threats of homeschooling challenging parents and teachers on how they can keep kids safe while online.
Malware Security Alerts of the Week
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NetWalker Ransomware NetWalker Ransomware has been created by crafty hackers for the intentions of extorting money from victimized computer users. The methods used by NetWalker Ransomware are similar to its predecessor, Mailto Ransomware, which is known for encrypting files on an infected PC and making demands for the user to pay a ransom claiming to restore those same files after payment. Read more |
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LookupTool LookupTool is an adware application and group of components that are known to specifically target Mac computers. The associated components of LookupTool may be loaded when installing freeware apps or bundled software on a Mac where it will then render pop-up ads or messages that may ask for permission for displaying alerts on the affected Mac computer. Read more |
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ProLock Ransomware ProLock Ransomware is a Trojan horse infection that is known for encrypting files on an infected PC where it will append each file with the ".ProLock" extension. ProLock Ransomware will generate a ransom note that makes stern demands to the computer user to pay a ransom for supposedly restoring the files that it initially encrypted. Read more |
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Fiaharam.net Fiaharam.net is essentially a website but with the intentions of hijacking certain functions or settings of popular web browser applications. Such actions takes place from the Fiaharam.net components that may be in the form of browser components and extensions. The unwanted actions of Fiaharam.net range from site redirects to prompting notifications and advertisements that all have questionable content and intentions. Read more |
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This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News
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Phishing Campaign Targets Executives with Fake Emails from Their Phone Provider Phishing campaigns are ramping up as a specific spear-phishing method is coming to the surface to target companies and their executives by using fake emails that look to come from their phone provider companies. |
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New ColdLock Ransomware Strikes in Taiwan Among ransomware threats of late, many have reached outside of their normal targets to home in on certain areas of the works, such as in the case of ColdLock Ransomware seeking victims located in Taiwan. |
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Bogus Zoom Installers Infecting Users With WebMonitor RAT During the COVID-19 pandemic, computer users across the world are taking to teleconferences and using software like Zoom to conduct business. Due to such, hackers have leveraged the popular Zoom app by spreading fake installers of the popular program that in turn infects computers with the nasty WebMonitor Remote Administration Tool, which is a dangerous malware threat. |