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Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for July 5 - July 11, 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!

This Week in Malware Video

This episode discusses the following topics: The hacking group Evil Corp and their malicious ways of leveraging WastedLocker Ransomware coming to an end. This episode also discusses the topic of Latin America becoming the next hot ground for cybercriminal activity, and the Glupteba Trojan horse threat being a cryptojacking malware threat that looks to be unstoppable.

Malware Security Alerts of the Week

Zida Ransomware Screenshot Zida Ransomware
Zida Ransomware is a threat that comes from the family of STOP Ransomware, which is known for its actions of seeking certain file types on an infected PC and encrypting the files just before giving the user the option of paying a substantial ransom for restoring the files. Read more
SearchMainInfo Screenshot SearchMainInfo
SearchMainInfo is a questionable web browser extension commonly found on Mac computers where it could modify Internet settings causing site redirects, pop-up messages, or set an alternate unwanted site as the default home page. In most cases, SearchMainInfo is unwanted and annoying, and warrants removal by Mac computer users. Read more
BitPaymer Ransomware Screenshot BitPaymer Ransomware
BitPaymer Ransomware is a threat that has been utilized by hacker groups, such as Evil Corp. Recently, BitPaymer Ransomware has been used as a common ransomware threat to encrypt files on infected PCs and make demands for a substantial ransom payment for supposedly restoring the same files. Read more
Trojan.Glupteba Screenshot Trojan.Glupteba
Trojan.Glupteba is a data-theft threat that may compromise a computer through certain attacks, most often ones similar to DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. Trojan.Glupteba may also infect a system without any indication to the computer user. Read more

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This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News

Lucifer Malware Abuses Critical Vulnerabilities
The latest variant of the Lucifer Malware threat has been updated with aggressive DDoS attack capabilities and looks to abuse remote code execution attacks furthering its reach and destruction among vulnerable computers.
Dridex Gang Returns With WastedLocker Ransomware
The Dridex cybergang has returned to utilize the Dridex banking trojan to attack vulnerable computers only this time with a full-featured malware multi-tool that leverages ransomware threats, such as the WastedLocker threat.

WastedLocker Ransomware Targets US Newspaper Company

The cybercrooks behind the WastedLocker threat are actively targeting several newspapers that are all operated by a US media company spreading phishing emails with fraudulent messages about fake software updates.
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