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During our assessment of malware samples uploaded to VirusTotal, it was discerned that Afire is ransomware designed to prevent victims from accessing files by encrypting them. Also, Afire renames files by appending the ".afire" extension to filenames and provides a ransom note ("Restore.txt"). An example of how Afire modifies filenames: it changes "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.afire", "2.png" to "2.png.afire", and so forth. Screenshot of files encr...
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Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a DarkGate malware campaign using a vulnerability already patched in Windows Defender’s Smart Screen utility. Summarizing their discovery, they stated, The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited CVE-2024-21412 through the use of fake software installers. During this campaign, users were lured using PDFs that contained Goo...
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