RansomExx: The malware that attacks Linux OS
RansomExx is the new malware used by criminals to attack both Windows and Linux environments. With companies using a mixed environment of Windows and Linux...
Malware analysis
RegretLocker ransomware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
In October 2020, a new piece of data encryption malware made the headlines. RegretLocker is novel ransomware that can bypass the long encryption times required...
Lazarus’s VHD ransomware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
Data encryption malware is one of the most popular malware families in recent years and targets mass volumes of users and companies around the world. In this...
Drovorub malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
Malware is a threat that has increased exponentially in the last few years, with many sophisticated threads impacting citizens, devices, organizations, nation-states...
BlindingCan malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
BlindingCan is a recent malware that has made headlines in the last few months. This malware is used by government-backed hackers from North Korea to perform...
Emotet returns in summer 2020 with new improvements
Emotet is a self-propagating and modular Trojan first discovered in 2014 and a popular cyberthreat out in the world. It was initially developed as a banking...
Octopus Scanner malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
Octopus Scanner appeared somewhere in 2018. Although its creators are still unknown, the operation of Octopus Scanner has been extensively discussed in numerous...
WastedLocker malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
WastedLocker is the name of a data encryption malware, also called ransomware, which will be analyzed in this article. Systems infected with this piece of...
NetWire malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
NetWire is a remote access Trojan focused on password stealing and keylogging, as well as including remote control capabilities. This threat has been used by...
Nworm malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight
In April 2020, the creators of the TrickBot malware released a module for TrickBot called Nworm. TrickBot is a banking Trojan that targets Windows machines....