Belonging to the Matrix ransomware family, MKES is a malicious program designed to encrypt data and demand payment for decryption. I.e., files affected by this malware are rendered inaccessible and victims are asked to pay to recover access to their data. During the encryption process, files are
Rickwrecked is a malicious program classified as ransomware with screenlocker traits. Typically, malicious software within this classification encrypts files and/or locks the device screen to make ransom demands. In fact, the purpose of Rickwrecked is not monetary gain, as victims are not presente
"Employee Retention Credit email virus" refers to a spam campaign proliferating the TrickBot trojan. The term "spam campaign" defines a mass-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. The scam messages distributed through this campaign are disguised as notifications f
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"365Scores - Live Scores and Sports News" is a typical browser hijacker: it hijacks browsers to promote a fake search engine (get365scores.com). Generally, apps of this type achieve this by changing browser settings. 365Scores - Live Scores and Sports News also reads browsing-related data. Typica
HENRI IV is a malicious program, which is part of the Paradise ransomware family. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption (i.e., stored files are rendered inaccessible/useless) and victims receive ransom demands for decryption. When HENRI IV ransomware encrypts, affected fil
M.0.A.B. ransomware is a type of malware that prevents victims from accessing their personal files and demands ransom payments. Different ransomware variants often append their extensions to filenames of files encrypted by them, however, M.0.A.B. leaves the original filenames unaffected - it simp
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