CryptoMix

Malware

Jul 15, 2017

New Exte CryptoMix Ransomware Variant Released

Yesterday, Malwarebytes malware researcher Marcelo Rivero discovered a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware that is appending the .EXTE extension to encrypted file names. This article provides a brief summary of information related to this new variant. As we are always looking for weaknesses, if you are a victim of this variant and decide to pay the ransom, please send […]

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Malware

Mar 16, 2017

Revenge Ransomware, a CryptoMix Variant, Being Distributed by RIG Exploit Kit

A new CryptoMix, or CryptFile2, variant called Revenge has been discovered by Broad Analysis that is being distributed via the RIG exploit kit. This variant contains many similarities to its predecessor CryptoShield, which is another CryptoMix variant, but includes some minor changes that are described below. As a note, in this article I will be referring to this […]

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