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The Week in Ransomware – October 29th 2021 – Making arrests This week, international law enforcement operations went on the offensive, making arrests in numerous countries for ransomware-related activities. Today, Europol announced that twelve individuals were arrested today for their links to over 1,800 ransomware attacks in 71 countries. Also Read: What You Need to Know About
Snake Malware Biting Hard on 50 Apps For Only $25 Cybercriminals are flooding to use the Snake password-stealing trojan, making it one of the popular malware families used in attacks. Snake has been active since November 2020 and is a different project from the ransomware operation that used the same name in the past. Written in .NET
Hive Ransomware Now Encrypts Linux and FreeBSD Systems The Hive ransomware gang now also encrypts Linux and FreeBSD using new malware variants specifically developed to target these platforms. However, as Slovak internet security firm ESET discovered, Hive’s new encryptors are still in development and still lack functionality. The Linux variant also proved to be quite
Microsoft PowerToys Adds Windows 11 Theme, New Mouse Microsoft has added new utilities to the PowerToys toolset and updated the user interface with a new Windows 11 theme for PowerRename. The Windows PowerToys were initially tiny freeware utilities created by Windows developers as side projects during the Windows 95 era. Microsoft revived them in September 2019 when the first