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It is possible to create ‘Zip Bomb’ — a small zip file that contains multiple layers of nested zip archives. One can say it has a malicious nature since the final unzipped version of the data could be several orders of magnitude larger than the zipped one. Once unzipped, zip bombs can render the machine […]
On May 21st, a security researcher who goes by the name Thyrex, received a message on a Russian forum that contained a link to a ZIP file that supposedly contained a decryptor for the frogobig777@india.com variant of the AES-NI Ransomware. After examining the file, Thyrex posted a link to the file in our AES-NI Support Topic so that […]
Intel Security has recently seen a new kind of ransomware–Zcrypt—that can self-replicate. This “virus ransomware” arrives via email in a malicious attachment or by usurping an Adobe Flash Player installation. The malware copies itself onto removable drives to infect other machines. Zcrypt uses the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, which works like a Zip file, decompressing […]