qkG

Aliases: QkG

First seen
2017-12-10 00:00:00
Malware type
ransomware
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:41:18

Context

Security researchers have discovered a new ransomware strain named qkG that targets only Office documents for encryption and infects the Word default document template to propagate to new Word documents opened through the same Office suite on the same computer.

Reports & references

  • bleepingcomputer.com — Qkg Ransomware Encrypts Only Word Documents Hides And Spreads Via Macros (report)
  • id-ransomware.blogspot.com — Qkg Ransomware (report)

External references