Week in security (April 30 – May 6)

A roundup of security news from April 30 – May 6, including Necurs malspam, Spartacus ransomware, Twitter passwords, and cybersecurity studies. Categories: Security world Week in security Tags: MalwarebytesnecursransomwaresecuritySpartacustwitterweekly blog roundup (Read ...
Spartacus ransomware: introduction to a strain of unsophisticated malware

Spartacus ransomware: introduction to a strain of unsophisticated malware

Spartacus ransomware is a fairly new variant seen in 2018. We'll walk you through the malware sample to analyze the code in detail, and help you learn how to get an obfuscated ...
This is Spartacus: new ransomware on the block

This is Spartacus: new ransomware on the block

In this blog post, we'll analyse Spartacus, one of many new ransomware families popping up in 2018.AnalysisThis instance of Spartacus ransomware has the following properties:MD5; 25dee2e70c931f3fa832a5b189117ce8SHA1; a01294ffd541229718948e17f791694efb596123SHA256; ef25bdbcf05fa478df3ddc5f4f717c070e443da04cfc590d44409c815f237cb3Compilation timestamp: 2018-01-19 20:36:44VirusTotal report:ef25bdbcf05fa478df3ddc5f4f717c070e443da04cfc590d44409c815f237cb3Figure ...