Trap is a ransomware-type program discovered by our research team during a routine review of new file submissions to the VirusTotal platform. Trap is part of the MedusaLocker ransomware family. This malware encrypts data and demands ransoms for its decryption. After we executed a sample of this r
While browsing new file submissions to the VirusTotal website, our researchers discovered Monkey ransomware. This malicious program is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for its decryption. On our test machine, this ransomware encrypted files and added a ".monkey" extension to their name
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Kyber is ransomware that we discovered while checking malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. Our analysis shows that Kyber encrypts files and appends ".#~~~" to filenames. For example, it changes "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.#~~~", "2.png" to "2.png.#~~~", and so forth. Kyber also creates a ransom note ("R
Our team discovered Stolen, a ransomware variant belonging to the MedusaLocker family, while examining samples uploaded to VirusTotal. Upon infiltration, Stolen encrypts files and appends the ".stolen30" extension (the number might vary) to filenames. Also, it provides a ransom note, "READ_NOTE.ht
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