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The Long Run of Shade Ransomware

Security Affairs

Since the beginning of the year, security firms observed a new intense ransomware campaign spreading the Shade ransomware. Between January and February, a new, intense, ransomware campaign has been observed by many security firms. It contains a russian speaking JavaScript file named “«??? «??? «?????????» ??????????? ??????”,

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BlackSquid malware uses multiple exploits to drop cryptocurrency miners

Security Affairs

Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new Monero cryptomining miner, dubbed BlackSquid, that is targeting web servers, network drives, and removable drives. “This malware, which we named BlackSquid after the registries created and main component file names, is particularly dangerous for several reasons.”

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