Category Archives: Ransomware

Forget the Dark Web: Ransomware Gangs Weaponize Facebook and Twitter to Pressure Victims

    Forget the Dark Web: Ransomware Gangs Weaponize Facebook and Twitter to Pressure Victims (Written by Jareth, for the Emsisoft blog. Republished with permission from Emsisoft) The threat of public exposure is a core part of the ransomware playbook. The more eyeballs on an incident, the greater the embarrassment, reputational damage and risk of litigation for the… Read More »

How Emsisoft Protects You from Ransomware

    How Emsisoft Protects You from Ransomware We’ve been an Emsisoft partner for many years. And we’re proud to be affiliated with Emsisoft and the Emsisoft team.  Emsisoft not only provides our members and customers with world-class malware, ransomware, and anti-virus protection, they also provide our mutual customers with friendly and timely support. In short, Emsisoft takes… Read More »

A New Password-Stealing Trojan is on the Loose – Be Careful with Email Attachments

        A New Password-stealing Trojan is on the Loose – Be Careful with Email Attachments Microsoft Security discovered malicious fake PDF files that download the Java-based StrRAT Trojan which can steal credentials, passwords and change file names but does not encrypt them as ransomware does. According to BGR… Stop opening PDFs attached to emails unless… Read More »

A Phishing Email Dissected

        A Phishing Email Dissected Keeping You Safe! I received a phishing email and, as I always do, I immediately deleted it. Later, I gave it some thought, and I dragged it out of the deleted items folder.  I decided to use it as an example for this tutorial to help you keep your identity… Read More »