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Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for October 18 - October 24, 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: DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) extortion campaigns on the rise, the 2020 U.S. presidential election brings about voter theft, and the Egregor Ransomware gang is leaking gaming data from Ubisoft and Crytek.

Malware Security Alerts of the Week

Trojan.Msil.Krypt Screenshot Trojan.Msil.Krypt
Trojan.Msil.Krypt was found to be a dangerous trojan horse that may allow remote attackers to gain access to the infected system to carry out malicious activities or steal personal data stored on the system's hard drive. Read more
HackTool:Win32/Keygen Screenshot HackTool:Win32/Keygen
HackTool:Win32/Keygen is a dangerous computer Trojan horse that is prone to being leveraged by computer hackers or sneaky computer users to crack keycodes for licensed software applications. The HackTool:Win32/Keygen threat may also be use din a way to infect a vulnerable computer with other malware. Read more
Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock Screenshot Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock
Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock is known as a threat that may be loaded on a Windows PC through a spam email attachment where it may then hijack the infected PC and allow remote access from clever hackers. Read more
RelevantKnowledge Screenshot Registry Virus Scanner
Registry Virus Scanner is a fake anti-virus application that may pretend to find various computer virus threats on a PC upon scanning the computer. The goal of Registry Virus Scanner is to get unsuspecting computer users to purchased a supposed full version of the Registry Virus Scanner program, which looks to be bogus as an anti-virus application. Read more

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This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News

Qbot Spreads Through Windows Defender Phishing Emails
Qbot, also known as Quakbot, is a banking trojan horse threat for computers that is actively spreading through Windows Defender phishing emails, which look to most to be a legitimate email but is actually designed to steal personal information.
Hackers Are Spreading Trump Propaganda Through Roblox
The 2020 U.S. presidential election is heating up and hackers are busier than ever attempting to leverage the election cycle through sources such as Roblox, which has so far been a successful method of spreading fake information and potential malware.
Emotet Malware Uses US Election Campaign as Bait
The 2020 US Presidential election cycle is taking place and hackers behind the dangerous Emotet malware threat are using the campaign process as bait to lure computer users through phishing emails and other attacks that ultimately steal personal information and infected countless computers with malware.
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