An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles!
What is Lsmma.exe and is it a virus? Let’s find out in this article. Lsmma.exe is classified as a miner virus, or a malicious cryptocurrency miner. This process appears to belong to a Trojan or malware infection that may have…
A new type of cryptojacking (cryptomining) worm has been detected in the wild. This cryptojacking worm is using vulnerable Docker hosts to spread, which is something rarely seen in malware attacks. Dubbed Graboid, the worm has spread to more than…
There have been multiple reports about new tabs opening in Mac users’ Safari browsers without any interaction on their side. What is causing the new tabs to be opening like this is a Trojan known as OSX/NewTab, or just NewTab…
The following story can be described as a “hack the hackers” type of story. Apparently, one of the largest underground stores for purchasing stolen credit card data has been hacked itself. As a result, more than 26 million credit and…
Pitney Bowes, a mailing equipment and services company based in Stamford, Connecticut, has been hit by ransomware. The company says that no customer data has been compromised in the attack. According to the official statement, the company experienced an “outage”…
Canfixmylife.info is a suspicious domain that causes a series of redirects and prompts the user to subscribe to push notifications. In addition to showing push notifications, the redirect may also generate a pop-up stating that “Update is strongly recommended! Please…
Security researchers reported the discovery of six serious vulnerabilities in WordPress. The vulnerabilities’ impact has been rated as “high”, meaning that patching as soon as possible is highly advisable. Six WordPress Vulnerabilities Fixed in WordPress 5.2.4 According to Symantec’s security…
CVE-2019-14287 is a new vulnerability discovered in Sudo. Sudo is considered one of the most important and widely used programs for Unix- and Linux-based operating systems that allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another…
According to a brand new research, Apple is sharing some browsing history with China. More specifically, the company is sending some browsing history of iOS 13 Safari users to Tencent Holdings Limited, a Chinese multinational conglomerate. Tencent specializes in various…
Allowplay.pro is a suspicious domain that generates push notifications. As a result of landing on this page, you can see a pop-up stating the following: “Allowplay.pro wants to Show notifications. Wait! Your movie is ready. Please click on Allow to…
AppleCare Protection Plan also known as “Your system is infected with 3 viruses!“, and AppleCare scam virus is a fake virus warning associated with a tech support scam. Usually, such fake warnings promote supposedly toll-free phone numbers that belong to…
How educated are Americans on the various cybersecurity topics? The conclusion is, not enough. According to the results of a new Pew Research Center survey, 55% of Americans couldn’t identify what 2FA is. What is worse, just 30% of surveyed…
Mchlpr is a suspicious file which most likely belongs to a rogue application known as Malware Crusher. Mac users have been complaining about experiencing intrusive pop-up ads and redirects, associated with Mchlpr. Malware Crusher, in particular, is classified as a…
Lp.macapps-optimize.club is a suspicious domain and a website generating fake virus alerts. The redirect is similar to Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club, and is also targeting macOS users. Suspicious domains such as Lp.macapps-optimize.club may be promoting rogue Mac software, such as fake system optimizers,…
Xbits Speedup Pro is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Xbits Speedup Pro is a fake system optimizer which will detect issues on your system, and try to convince you to buy its full version so that these issues…
