Masked ransomware is a new variant of Aurora, and like most programs of this type, is designed to prevent victims from accessing their files by encryption. To recover them, victims are encouraged to purchase a decryption key (i.e., pay a ransom). Masked renames all encrypted files by appending the
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Online Recipes Viewer is a browser hijacker advertised as a tool for quick access to various recipes and cooking-related content. It is supposedly capable of providing quick and easy, top-rated breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert recipes, and access to a continually updated database of meal ideas
Belonging to the Crysis/Dharma malware family and discovered by Jakub Kroustek, Bot is malicious software categorized as ransomware. Bot operates by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments for decryption (i.e. payment for decryption software/tools and keys). During the encryption process, a
Tor is the name of a legitimate web browser, which allows users to browse the web with as much privacy as possible, however, there is a trojanized version that is designed by cyber criminals and used to steal cryptocurrency. This malicious version is based on, and very similar to, an official Tor
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