Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for August 25 - 31, 2019
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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Malware Security Alerts of the Week
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Rapid RansomwareLike many other ransomware Trojans that are being uncovered constantly, the Rapid Ransomware will encrypt victims' files using a strong encryption algorithm and then demand a ransom payment from the victim in exchange for the decryption key that is necessary to recover the affected files. Read more |
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DarkKomet RansomwareDarkKomet Ransomware is one of the many variants of the HiddenTear family of ransomware, which has been around since August of 2015 when it was released for 'educational purposes.' The DarkKomet Ransomware's name seems to reference the infamous DarkComet Trojan, which is used by con artists to take over a computer from a remote location. Read more |
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OkrumThe Ke3chang hacker group has made a comeback. The APT15 group has updated several of their most prominent hacking tools – RoyalDNS, Okrum, and Ketrican. Okrum, a particular type of a backdoor trojan, can encrypt its network traffic and thus prevent researchers from seeing what data is exfiltrated potentially causing serious issues for infected systems. Read more |
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KetricanThe Ketrican backdoor Trojan is a hacking tool from the arsenal of the infamous Ke3chang APT (Advanced Persistent Threat). The hacking group responsible for such a threat, also known as APT15, likely originates from China and tends to go after high-profile targets in Europe and South America. Read more |
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RoyalDNSThe Ke3chang hacking group (or as some refer to it APT15) is a Chinese hacking group that has been active since 2012 and known for propagating the RoyalDNS threat. This hacking group has an impressive arsenal of hacking tools, which they make sure to update periodically. One of their most prominent tools remains to be the RoyalDNS backdoor. Read more |
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