Malware and Winter Olympics
...us reprint an article from 20 years ago. The below analysis was first published in the March 1994 edition of the Virus Bulletin magazine. Enjoy! ————— Olympic GamesVirus Bulletin, March... more…Threats to users of adult websites in 2018
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...10 most widespread cryptor families Name Verdicts* % of attacked users** 1 WannaCry Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Wanna 38.33 2 PolyRansom/VirLock Virus.Win32.PolyRansom 4.07 3 Cerber Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Zerber 4.06 4 Cryakl Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Cryakl 2.99... more…
1992
...1992”: WinVir – a true alarm F-Secure has analysed the first Windows specific computer virus. It recognizes the Windows NE files and uses direct action methods against Windows applications. The... more…Game of Threats
...file hidden behind the title has reached an average of three users Not-a-virus:Downloader and Not-a-virus:AdWare turned out to be two of the most popular threats delivered via TV show content,... more…IT threat evolution Q1 2019. Statistics
...Trojan.Win32.Nymaim 5.9 6 Nimnul Virus.Win32.Nimnul 4.6 7 SpyEye Backdoor.Win32.SpyEye 4.3 8 Neurevt Trojan.Win32.Neurevt 3.6 9 NeutrinoPOS Trojan-Banker.Win32.NeutrinoPOS 2.6 10 Tinba Trojan-Banker.Win32.Tinba 1.4 ** Unique users attacked by this malware as... more…IT threat evolution Q2 2019. Statistics
...1 RTM Trojan-Banker.Win32.RTM 32.2 2 Zbot Trojan.Win32.Zbot 23.3 3 Emotet Backdoor.Win32.Emotet 8.2 4 Nimnul Virus.Win32.Nimnul 6.4 5 Trickster Trojan.Win32.Trickster 5.0 6 Nymaim Trojan.Win32.Nymaim 3.5 7 SpyEye Backdoor.Win32.SpyEye 3.2 8 Neurevt... more…IT threat evolution Q2 2018. Statistics
...53.92 2 GandCrab Trojan-Ransom.Win32.GandCrypt 4.92 3 PolyRansom/VirLock Virus.Win32.PolyRansom 3.81 4 Shade Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Shade 2.40 5 Crysis Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Crusis 2.13 6 Cerber Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Zerber 2.09 7 (generic verdict)... more…Free virus removal tool: 27% found malware missed by existing anti-virus
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...Traditional signature-based anti-virus is notoriously bad at stopping newer threats such as zero-day malware and ransomware, but it still has a place in the enterprise, experts say, as... more…What is a computer virus? How they spread and 5 signs you’ve been infected
...Computer virus definition A computer virus is a form of malicious software that piggybacks onto legitimate application code in order to spread and reproduce itself. Like other types... more…Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak
...Kaspersky Lab has detected a new version of the ‘malicious blackmailer’ Gpcode – Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak. Kaspersky Lab has detected a new version of the ‘malicious blackmailer’ Gpcode – Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak. The... more…A false choice: the Ebola virus or malware?
...In September we came across mentions of people in Africa suffering from the Ebola virus and unusual invitations to a conference of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the... more…‘Frankenstein’ virus could assemble itself from app snippets
...Many malware and viruses can be identified by detection software because of known bits of malicious code. But what if there was a virus compiled from little bits... more…The Finnish Sprayer virus
...This virus analysis was published exactly 20 years ago in the Virus Bulletin magazine. Republished with the kind permission of Virus Bulletin Ltd. On 02/06/14 At 12:51 PM Read... more…Google refunds Android users who bought fake Virus Shield app
...Earlier this month a fake Android anti-virus app, named Virus Shield, managed to fool thousands of customers into buying it. Now Google is offering full refunds to anyone who... more…Kam dál?
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