DarkBit is a ransomware we discovered while investigating new malware submissions to VirusTotal. It operates by encrypting data and demanding ransoms for decryption. Once we launched a sample of DarkBit on our testing system, it began encrypting files and altering their filenames. Affected files
While checking the VirusTotal site for recently submitted malware samples, our team discovered a ransomware strain dubbed Pdb. This ransomware encrypts data, appends the ".pdb" extension to filenames, and drops the "pdb.txt" file that contains a ransom note. An example of how Pdb ransomware renam
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While analyzing malware samples submitted to VirusTotal, our team discovered a ransomware strain dubbed Pay. We found that Pay is part of the VoidCrypt ransomware family. It encrypts files, appends the paydecryption@gmail.com email address, victim's ID, and ".pay" extension to filenames, and drops
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The Hhee ransomware is a variant of the Djvu family that our team discovered during an analysis of samples on VirusTotal. Hhee operates by encrypting data and adding the ".hhee" extension to the affected files. Upon completion of the encryption process, the ransomware drops a ransom note in the fo
Our cybersecurity team recently uncovered a new strain of ransomware called Hhmm while analyzing malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. Further investigation revealed that Hhmm is a member of the notorious Djvu ransomware family. The malware operates by encrypting files, appending the ".hhmm" ex
Transitnotice[.]com is a rogue page that we discovered while checking out suspicious websites. It is designed to push browser notification spam and redirect users to other (likely unreliable/hazardous) sites. Most visitors to transitnotice[.]com and similar webpages enter them via redirects caused
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