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Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for March 27 - April 2, 2022

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 Russian Gamaredon APT Group targets Ukraine computer users, WDLO and MMUZ Ransomware join the STOP/Djvu threat family to seek encryption of files and ransom demands from victimized computer users.

Malware Security Alerts of the Week

 

russian invasion ukraine cyber attacksGamaredon Group
The Gamaredon Group is an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) outfit that comes out of Russia where they are actively targeting Ukraine computer users further adding to the conflict that Russia has spawned against Ukrainians. Read more

 

 

Adblock 360
Adblock 360 is an adware threat that is a bogus web browser extension known for rendering several pop-ups or advertisements that may promote various questionable and unwanted products and services. Read more

 

 

Gamut Botnet
Gamut Botnet is part of a hacker project that may be used to hijack vulnerable computers and instruct them to send spam messages to a set list of recipients that may contain a malicious attachment. Read more

 

 

Backdoor.Qakbot
Backdoor.Qakbot is a backdoor threat that may load on a vulnerable PC without seeking permission or alerting the computer user where it may load and run malicious activities in the background. Read more

This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News

  New Infostealer Malware Distributed on Dark Web
Russian hackers are ramping up actions to distribute infostealer malware on over the Dark Web were they may arm other russian hackers to launch cyber attacks on various targets that could grant them quick paydays. Read more
  US FCC Blacklists Kaspersky Products over National Security Concerns
As a Russian company at a time when Russia is invading Ukraine, the Kaspersky company and its products are blacklisted over National Security concerns. Read more

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