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Malware Security Alerts Weekly Report for September 26 - October 2, 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: The Koom Ransomware threat joins the popular and dangerous STOP/Djvu family of threats, TriocySpeedup discovered to be a potentially unwanted program that may be spread through bundled software, and how Poshukach.com is a bogus search engine site targeting Russian-speaking computer users.

Malware Security Alerts of the Week

 

ransomwareDelta Plus Ransomware
Delta Plus Ransomware is a dangerous threat that's known for locking files using a strong encryption algorithm and then making demands to the computer user to pay a substantial ransom fee for supposedly restoring the encrypted files. Read more

 

ransomwareOrkf Ransomware
Orkf Ransomware is a variation of the STOP/Djvu family of ransomware threats known for their aggressive actions that encrypt files and make demands to the PC user to pay a ransom for restoring those same files. Read more

 

'Skillformatd Will Damage Your Computer' Message'Skillformatd Will Damage Your Computer' Message
The 'Skillformatd Will Damage Your Computer' Message is a misleading notification that is displayed on MacOS computers where it may limit normal use of the system and potentially lead to questionable sources on the Internet. Read more

 

TriocySpeedup
TriocySpeedup is a potentially unwanted program that makes claims of boosting a PC's performance but such a process remains unknown. The actions of TriocySpeedup may trick computer users into purchasing a "full" version of the app that may not perform any new features for improving a system's performance. Read more

This Week’s Most Interesting Computer Security and Malware News

  Beware: Conti Ransomware Adds New Tools to Wipe Backups
The Conti Ransomware threat has been found to have aggressive functions for removing a system's backup file or files so the computer may become seriously hit by the threat leaving no way for the user to recover files after it has encrypted all of the files and wiped any detected backups. Read more
  Billions of Leaked Telephone Numbers Could Lead to Account Takeovers
Over 3.5 billion telephone numbers may have leaked from the Clubhouse social media platform. The data leak may allow attackers to take over certain accounts within the Clubhouse social media service, which users have been warned of the issue. Read more

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