Qwerty Ransomware
- First seen
- 2023-01-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:41:33
Targeted industries: financial-services retail-and-hospitality professional-services
Context
A new ransomware has been discovered that utilizes the legitimate GnuPG, or GPG, encryption program to encrypt a victim's files. Currently in the wild, this ransomware is called Qwerty Ransomware and will encrypt a victims files, overwrite the originals, and the append the .qwerty extension to an encrypted file's name.
Reports & references
- bleepingcomputer.com — Qwerty Ransomware Utilizes Gnupg To Encrypt A Victims Files (report)