Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for June 13 - June 19, 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: How Nusm Ransomware from the STOP/Djvu family of threats is charging victims upwards of $980 to decrypt their files, how the Vidspcon.com website is a misleading search engine site promoted through browser hijackers, and how the Advance System Care app is a bogus system optimizer that could lead to potentially harmful content.
Malware Security Alerts of the Week
 Mppq RansomwareMppq Ransomware is from the STOP/Djvu Ransomware family of threats where it has taken on a path of destruction to encrypt files on an infected PC and then demand ransom payments to restore the files. Read more |
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| QSCX Ransomware QSCX Ransomware is yet another vicious threat from the family of STOP/Djvu hackers who look to encrypt files and demand payments to supposedly restore the files. Read more |
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| Nusm Ransomware Nusm Ransomware, also from the STOP/Djvu family of ransomware threats, is known for its aggressive nature for encrypting files on a PC and then making the user feel as if they are trapped into paying nearly $1000 to get their files rescued from being held hostage. Read more |
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 Vidspcon.comVidspcon.com is a misleading website that claims to be a harmless search engine but is actually associated with a browser hijacker that may lead users to potentially harmful content. Read more |
This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News
 New Justice Division Reclaims Half of Colonial Pipeline's RansomThe Colonial Pipeline was taken down by an aggressive DarkSide Ransomware attack forcing the company to pay millions of dollars but recently a Justice Division recovered half of the ransom payment. Read more |
 The Internet's On The Mend Following a Huge Outage in a CDN ProviderA large-scale attack left a popular CDN service out of commission taking down countless websites with it in a recent issue claimed to be more of a configuration error instead of a hacker's actions. Read more |