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Are you holding an Android device in your hands? Perhaps you are reading this article on your Android phone? Android appears to be the most popular mobile operating system. In fact, in the second quarter of 2018, 88 percent of…
Our research indicates that there’s a new version of the Jigsaw ransomware, called MAYA. The MAYA ransomware virus would append the .LOCKED_PAY extension to encrypted files. As seen in nearly all ransomware instances, the main purpose of the MAYA ransomware…
Remember CVE-2019-16759, the vBulletin vulnerability which was found to affect hundreds of thousands of internet forums? The bug has been exploited in attacks. What is worse, it was leveraged to steal data from Flirtsexchat. As the name suggest, Flirtsexchat is…
Are you witnessing unwanted redirects related to Montmeloroute.com Montmeloroute.com is considered a potentially malicious URL address that was created with the sole purpose of redirecting users to a range of dubious sites. You should be aware that sites stemming from…
There’s a new iOS exploit that affects all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets. The exploit is dubbed checkm8 and it was discovered by a researcher known as axi0mx. The checkm8 Exploit Explained The checkm8 exploit leverages vulnerabilities…
There’s a new trend in the black market, and it’s known as disinformation-as-a-service. Security researchers report that underground forums where malware is typically sold are know offering the so-called commercial disinformation services. Cybercriminals are now offering their services to create…
PDFex is the name of a new type of attack that is built by German researchers from several universities, to prove that the PDF encryption is quite vulnerable. PDFex was tested against 27 desktop and web PDF viewers, such as…
The Driver-windows.exe is considered to be a miner virus. The process likely belongs to a Trojan or malware infection that may have compromised your computer. This miner virus is most likely trying to infect your machine while flying under the…
“Keep your secrets safe” is the subject line of another sextortion scam currently being spread via email. The sextortion message claims to be authored by “the WannaCry hacker group”. However, this claim is a lie, as the scammers are just…
A new email sextortion scam is circling the web, using the subject line “Your account is being used by another person!”. As seen in many other similar scams, scammers are extorting users with the pretext that their email accounts were…
A number of high-severity vulnerabilities were unearthed in Cisco IOS and IOS XE network automation software. One of the flaws affects the company’s industrial and grid routers, making the impact incomprehensible. Severe Cisco IOS and IOS XE Vulnerabilities Discovered According…
Ransomware has been known to leverage various known vulnerabilities to gain access to systems. Some vulnerabilities are more common in ransomware attacks, so security researchers at RiskSense decided to analyze the most common ones which are used across multiple families…
Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club is a suspicious domain and a website associated with fake alerts about viruses. Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club is targeting Mac users. If you’re experiencing redirects stemming from Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club, continue reading to find a possible solution for your issues. Also note that the…
Cybercriminals appear to be working on a new way to steal payment card data. According to IBM security researchers, a group of hackers is currently developing malicious scripts to use against commercial-grade Layer 7 (L7) routers. This would entirely change…
A new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2019-16759, was just unearthed in vBulletin, a proprietary Internet forum software package. The vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous security researcher who published the details about the exploit online, thus exposing vBulletin users to plenty of…
The”The system is badly damaged” and “virus found (4)!” are fake alert messages, most certainly triggered by a tech-support sam. Such fake virus alerts may also indicate that a PUP (potentially unwanted program) or rogue software has sneaked into your…
CVE-2019-1367 is a new zero-day vulnerability of the remote code execution kind, for which an emergency patch was just issued. The bug could allow attackers to perform remote attacks with the purpose of gaining access over a system. The vulnerability…
Are you seeing pop-ups with the following text “Immediate Action Required“, showing up while you’re browsing? Beware that such messages typically indicate that you may have adware (PUP) installed on your system without your knowledge. Pop-ups claiming that your system…
What is QuickFlightTracker (Quick Flight Tracker) and how can I remove it from my browser and system? QuickFlightTracker is a browser extension that is designed to change the search engine, new tab page and homepage of the affected browser to…
Trend Micro researchers recently came across a malware instance that disguised itself as a legitimate Mac-based trading app known as Stockfolio. In other words, a new Mac malware was just discovered, or more precisely – researchers came across two variants…
