Europe’s law enforcement agency Europol has announced that a worldwide operation has disrupted one of the most dangerous malware Emotet. During an operation involving law enforcement agencies from eight countries, investigators have taken control of Emotet’s infrastructure, taking down arguably the most significant botnet in the past decade.
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An active phishing campaign is trying to phish users’ sensitive information by pretending to be UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Users have reported that they are receiving emails supposedly from the NHS about being eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Google has warned about a new campaign that is targeting security researchers. Attackers, who Google’s Threat Analysis Group believes to be a “government-backed entity based in North Korea”, are using a number of means to target the security research community.
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Pola ransomware encrypts files and takes them for hostage in exchange for $980 in ransom. It’s part of the Djvu/STOP ransomware family, which is responsible for releasing hundreds of other versions, including the recent Coos and Wbxd. This ransomware is differentiated by the .pola file extension added to encrypted files.
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Wbxd ransomware is one of hundreds of file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. Files encrypted by this ransomware will have .wbxd added to them. It will also drop a _readme.txt ransom note, which will demand $980 for file decryption.
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Coos ransomware aims to encrypt your files and take them for hostage until you agree to pay a ransom. This ransomware is part of the notorious Djvu/STOP ransomware family, which is responsible for releasing more than two hundred ransomware versions.
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What are Apple Platform Security fake alerts
Apple Platform Security fake alerts are scam messages that falsely claim that there are viruses on your Mac computer. It’s essentially a tech-support scam that wants you to call the displayed phone number to supposedly receive professional tech-support from Apple technicians. However, if you were to call, you’d be connected to professional scammers who…
Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes has revealed it was targeted by the same group behind the giant SolarWinds hack. But while the perpetrators appear to be the same, the attack on Malwarebytes is separate from SolarWinds.
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