Another malware wave hits Europe, mainly downloading ransomware Locky

ESET LiveGrid® telemetry shows a spike in detections of the JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment malware in several European countries. The most notable detection rates are seen in Luxembourg (67%), Czech Republic (60%), Austria (57%), Netherlands (54%) and the UK (51%), but also in other European states.

After arriving as an email attachment, the threat behind these detections is designed to download and install different variants of malware to victims’ machines.

Another malware wave hits Europe, mainly downloading ransomware Locky