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Veja quanto os operadores dos ransomwares mais proeminentes ganharam nos últimos seis anos

Já se perguntou quanto os operadores dos ransomwares mais proeminentes ganharam com seus golpes?

O ransomware Ryuk lidera a lista, gerando uma receita de US$ 61 milhões para seus operadores entre fevereiro de 2018 e outubro de 2019. O ransomware Dharma conquistou a segunda posição, faturando US$ 24 milhões entre novembro de 2016 e novembro de 2019 para seus autores.

Segundo estimativas do FBI, os

Ransomware Adopts DoppelPaymer Name Given by Researchers

Whether it be malware devs contacting us about our stories or commenting in our forums, we all know that the ransomware developers monitor researchers and technology sites for information about their programs. Nothing shows this better, than a ransomware that recently decided to adopt the name given to it by researchers.

In July, researchers from CrowdStrike reported that two different…

The Week in Ransomware – July 19th 2019 – Targeted Attacks

What a week. Every day we see a new city, police station, college, government agency, or company being affected by a ransomware attack. To make matters worse, they are getting hit with targeted ransomware that asks for a hefty price to get a decryptor.

This week we also saw the first real analysis of the MegaCortex Ransomware when a sample was found by MalwareHunterTeam. Along with this sample,…

New DoppelPaymer Ransomware Emerges from BitPaymer’s Code

Malware researchers have discovered a new file-encrypting malware they dubbed DoppelPaymer that has been making victims since at least mid-June, asking hundreds of thousands of US dollars in ransom.

The ransomware strain has at least eight variants that extended their feature set gradually, with the earliest one dating since April.

Victims in the public service sector

DoppelPaymer takes its name…

  Dridex ha sido una pesadilla para los usuarios de computadoras, compañías e instituciones financieras desde hace ya varios años, tal es así que para muchos, se ha convertido en lo primero que viene a su mente cuando se habla de troyanos bancarios.

Una reciente investigación de ESET muestra que los autores del infame troyano bancario Dridex están también detrás de otra familia de malware de…

Hospitals beware: New Bitpaymer ransomware attack highlights need for better IT security

A UK hospital group that fell victim to May’s WannaCry attacks has been hit by ransomware yet again, ZDNet’s Danny Palmer reported. The hospital NHS Lanarkshire was forced to cancel several patient appointments after the latest attack, which was detected in its IT systems on Friday. The malware used has been identified as a new variant of Bitpaymer ransomware, which not only encrypts files and…