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A malicious app that advertised itself as an unofficial version of Telegram was downloaded more than 100,000 times, reported Symantec security researchers. The app is called MobonoGram 2019, and it claimed to provide more features than the official and other…
Have you heard of media file jacking attacks? This is the type of attack where malicious actors become capable of manipulating media files. Unfortunately, the media file jacking attack is not hypothetical. Symantec’s Modern OS Security team just reported that…
It’s not only the winter holidays season – it’s also the scamming season! Besides being buried by ransomware cases, unprotected users are also tricked by the multiple online scams, mostly associated with well-known shopping websites such as AliBaba and Amazon.…
Update July 2019! What is Firefox Redirect “Virus”? What does Firefox Redirect “Virus” do? How to get rid of Firefox Redirect “Virus”? SIDENOTE: This post was originally published in May 2015. But we gave it an update in July 2019.…
Security researcher Laxman Muthiyah discovered a critical vulnerability that could have allowed remote attackers to reset the password of Instagram accounts, thus obtaining full access to the compromised accounts. The vulnerability resided in the password recovery mechanism in the mobile…
Update August 2019. What is Loompasplace (loompasplace.com) and why does it pop-up on your iPhone / Mac device? Loomasplace is an invasive pop-up stemming from a suspicious domain that has been reported to harass Apple users. Once it appears on…
It’s been some time since we last talked about Windows-related telemetry. However, this is now changing with the latest Patch Tuesday for July 2019, which includes a bonus for Windows 7 users. According to “hawk-eyed” users, a “security-only” Windows 7…
Security researchers just came across a new type of mobile malware “that has quietly infected around 25 million devices” without users being aware of the infection. The malware is targeting Android users and is called Agent Smith after the Matrix…
RIG exploit kit has been detected to spread ERIS ransomware. This means that the infection vector is based simply on visiting a compromised website which downloads the malicious payload on victims’ computers. It is curious to mention that the same…
Jonathan Leitschuh just reported “a vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client” that allows “any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission”. The issue known under CVE-2019-13450 potentially puts at risk up to 750,000 companies around the world that…
Omiga Plus has been around for quite some time. The suspicious browser extension or add-on disguises as a useful application but it is actually considered a potentially unwanted program. Omiga Plus is now traced back to the omiga-plus.exe executable file…
What is Saltjs.01bd.ru? Saltjs.01bd.ru is a malicious domain that can cause intrusive redirects and interrupt your browsing sessions. The redirect may have been caused by a free download of an application. Its primary purpose is most likely to take you…
What is Overhedtrew.info? Overhedtrew.info is a suspicious URL address which purpose is to redirect you and show push notifications during your browsing sessions. Such redirects are often utilized to take you to scam pages stating that you have viruses or…
What is Dancewithlittleredpony.com? Dancewithlittleredpony.com is a classified as browser redirect that prompts the user to subscribe to its notifications. Redirects like this one usually display tons of unwanted ads and other messages prompting you to allow permissions for a page.…
Security researcher Aleksejs Kuprins of CSIS Security Group recently discovered an Android app that allegedly provides firmware updates for Samsung users. The app is known as Updates for Samsung – Android Update Versions, and it has more than 10 million…
What is TheMediaConverter also known as TheMedia Converter Promos and The Media Converter? Long story short, TheMediaConverter is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and rogue application which claims that it can convert video and audio files. However, you…
What is Karlmilan.pw? Karlmilan.pw is a browser redirect that affects popular web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Explorer and Edge. Such redirects usually get in the way of regular browsing sessions in an attempt to trick you into accepting…
What is Xtron System Care and should you remove it from your system? Xtron System Care is a system optimizer application which is classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Xtron System Care generates intrusive pop-up alerts about potential issues…
Security researcher Barak Tawily recently came across a 17-year-old security vulnerability Mozilla Firefox’s latest version. It turns out that the widely popular browser is vulnerable to local files theft attack on any operating system. Vulnerability in Firefox Allows Local Files…
There’s a new piece of advanced backdoor malware that can target both Linux and Windows systems in a secure, previously unseen communication. The backdoor has been dubbed Godlua, as it is Lua-based and “the Lua byte-code file loaded by this…
