Category: Malware

Alien spyware

Malware

Google detects Alien spyware targeting Android users

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has confirmed that Android users around the world are being targeted by the Alien spyware family, which is commercial spyware. Tracking shows that the malware family is an advanced...

Yanluowang ransomware decryptor

Malware

Kaspersky offers free Yanluowang ransomware decryptor tool

Yanluowang is ransomware discovered by Symantec’s Threat Hunting team that targets certain large enterprises. Little is known about the gang behind Yanluowang, but this ransomware has hit companies in China, the United States, Turkey,...

EU justice Pegasus spyware

Malware

EU justice officials were targeted by Pegasus spyware

Pegasus spyware developed by the notorious Israeli NSO Group can hack iPhones through vulnerabilities without interaction. NSO makes money by selling Pegasus spyware to government agencies in some countries. Earlier public reports showed that...

Conti ransomware source code

Malware

Conti ransomware source code leaks

Conti, a notorious ransomware gang, has over the past two years attacked multiple multinational companies around the world while encrypting data and stealing data, threatening those companies with data backups to pay ransoms or...

Diavol ransomware decryptor

Malware

Security firm releases free Diavol ransomware decryptor tool

Security firm Emsisoft, which specializes in fighting ransomware, has released a free Diavol ransomware decryptor tool. Diavol ransomware associated with the TrickBot botnet. Using the Diavol ransomware decryptor tool, users can decrypt files encrypted...

Windows Defender

Malware

Microsoft Defender flags Office update as ransomware

Enterprise IT admins should be disturbed by a flurry of false positives starting last night: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint incorrectly flagged Microsoft Office updates as malicious, saying a potential ransomware behavior was detected on...