Category: Malware

Internal Revenue Service phishing

Over 500 malicious Chrome extensions collected user’s data

After receiving feedback from security researchers, Google has removed more than 500 extensions with malicious behavior such as ad redirects, secretly uploaded private data from millions of users. Some of these malicious extensions have...

Plurox malware

New Ekans ransomware targets industrial control systems

Ransomware called Ekans (also known as Snake) first appeared in December 2019 and is targeting against industrial control systems (ICS). It is reported that since the first appearance of Ekans, researchers from various security...

PGA ransomware

U.S. Coast Guard port facility paralyzed by ransomware

Recently, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) issued a maritime security alert confirming a Ryuk ransomware attack that has brought down the entire IT network of a facility. Although the incident is still under...

PyLocky ransomware decryption

Maastricht University is under a ransomware attack

Maastricht University became the latest victim of ransomware. Hackers hacked and damaged the university’s Windows system on Christmas Eve. The Dutch-based university said in an announcement issued on December 24 that almost all Windows...