SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

The original version of the malware, as well as some of the subsequent “rebrandings”, e.g., Nemty, were advertised on an underground forum by a poster with the username jsworm. We will describe some notable variants of the JSWorm family encountered during the history of this malware. Technical details. May 2019: JSWorm.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Energy and Utilities 103

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Well-known malware families are involved in the biggest and most wide-reaching campaigns. Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. According to our research , this malware affected almost 20 business sectors.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware Cybercrime 123

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

Was ransomware, in fact, a dying species of malware? In 2019, the share of users targeted with ransomware among the overall number of users that encountered malware was 3.31%; this declined slightly in 2020 to 2.67%. The share of ransomware detections among the overall number of malware detections was 1.49% in 2019 and 1.08% in 2020.

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Ransomware Mobile Malware Encryption 97