Jaff, a ransomware family that emerged on May 12, the same day WannaCry did, appears linked to wider operations, as a recent sample was found to share server space with a refined cybercrime marketplace, Heimdal Security alerts. Distributed via PDF documents attached to spam e-mail sent by the Necurs botnet, Jaff was already said to […]
ESET has created and released a decryption tool for AESNI, or XData, ransomware variants. Anyone infected by the malware, also known as Win32/Filecoder. AESNI. B and Win32/Filecoder. AESNI. C can use the ESET tool. The decryptor ideal for files encrypted with the RSA key employed by AES-NI variant B, which adds the extensions. aes256, aes_ni, […]
Malware can be spotted by network traffic:- Learning network traffic going to suspicious domains could demonstrate to security administrators that their network is afflicted with malware – months, before they might get a sample of the forward malware, says a new study out of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The researchers lurking behind the study […]
NewYork: EternalRocks, a new strain of malware, has been determined by the researchers that target the same susceptibility that wrecked havoc worldwide by ‘WannaCry’ ransomware, a media report said. EternalRocks exploits the same susceptibility in Windows that helped WannaCry spread to computer systems. The malware includes significantly more threats than WannaCry, rendering it potentially strong […]
The ransomware WannaCry broke new grounds to show how digitally vulnerable we are – using NSA’s malware to infiltrate MS windows and possibly holding to ransom an unreleased Disney film. Last year, ransomware extorted over $1 billion from victims. ET Publication examines the extortionists of the new millennium. WannaCry The current attack by ransomware WannaCry […]