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Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for October 24 - October 30, 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!

This Week in Malware Video

This episode discusses the following topics: How the Tisc Ransomware threat encrypts files long before it demands payments from victims, how Payransom500 uses aggressive file encryption targeting various file types, and how Nqsq Ransomware has joined the STOP/Djvu family of ransomware threats.

Malware Security Alerts of the Week

 

blackmatter ransomware malwareHauhitec Ransomware
Hauhitec Ransomware is known to be an aggressive form of malware that targets various documents, PDFs, and other file types for encryption just before it demands a payment from the victimized computer user. Read more

 

Super AntiSpyware 2009
Super AntiSpyware 2009 is a well-known and older rogue anti-spyware program that still lurks around attempting to trick computer users into purchasing a full version of the software for supposedly detecting and eliminating random spyware threats or other detected malware. Read more

 

Block Ransomware
Block Ransomware is type of malware that primarily loads through a spam email attachment where it may seek several files and encrypt them while making demands to the computer user to pay a substantial ransom to supposedly restore the files. Read more

 

Captcha-smart.top
Captcha-smart.top is a missleading website that may present computer users with questionable content and claims to providing a captcha system for verification of users being a human instead of a bot that is able to make computerized comments. Read more

This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News

  Grief Ransomware Gang Claims Successful Attack on NRA
The hackers behind the Grief Ransomware threat, who also are ones claimed to be a part of the EvilCorp gang, have successfully attacked the NRA (National Rifle Association) but no one from the NRA has confirmed such an attack. Read more
  New Malware Loader Distributed Through Malspam Campaigns
Researchers have discovered a case where malware called SquirrelWaffle is being distributed through an aggressive spam campaign where the threat is disguised as a doctored Microsoft Office document. Read more

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