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)