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What Is Key Word Search? Key Word Search (KeyWordSearch) is a browser hijacker and a rogue search engine that takes over your browser’s settings. As a result, your default search provider and new tab page could be changed to https://keysearchs.com/.…
Has Emotet been resurrected? It seems that the notorious malware is back for Christmas. Months after the malware was dismantled by law enforcement, security researcher Luca Ebach sees signs of Emotet usage in the wild. His report indicates that TrickBot…
SharkBot is a new Android trojan (and botnet) capable of accessing various features on breached devices to obtain credentials related to banking and cryptocurrency platforms. Users in Italy, the U.K. and the U.S. have been targeted so far. The Android…
A recently conducted analysis sheds new light on website fingerprinting (WF) attacks on Tor. Website Fingerprinting Attacks on Tor According to a team of academics (Giovanni Cherubin of Alan Turing Institute, Rob Jansen of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and Carmela…
What Is UnitNetwork Mac Adware? UnitNetwork is another sample of the AdLoad adware family which has been targeting macOS users for at least two years. UnitNetwork could be equipped with trojan capabilities, and could install a backdoor on your Mac,…
CVE-2021-34484 is a Microsoft security vulnerability, originally patched in August but now exploitable with a patch bypass. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation from a regular user to System. It was discovered by security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri. Related: Windows…
A new Linux wormable botnet has been observed in the wild. Called Abcbot, the threat is targeting “relatively new cloud service providers (CPSs) with cryptocurrency-mining malware and cryptojacking attacks,” according to Trend Micro’s findings. The malware deploys code that removes…
Security researchers from Cybereason shed new light into the workings of TrickBot. TrickBot and Shathak Threat Groups Join Forces According to the latest findings, the threat actors behind the TrickBot trojan, known as Wizard Spider, are currently working together with…
What Is FocusGuide Mac Adware? A new adware, called FocusGuide and targeting Macs has been detected in the wild. The adware could be triggering unwanted advertisements, and could also replace your default search engine and new tab page with one…
New Linux vulnerabilities discovered. Security researchers from jFrog and Claroty reported the discovery of 14 vulnerabilities in the BusyBox Linux utility. BusyBox Linux Vulnerabilities: from CVE-2021-42373 to CVE-2021-42386 What is BusyBox? BusyBox provides commands for embedded Linux environment within Android.…
Robinhood, the commission-free investing platform, has suffered an enormous data breach, according to a statement the company made. Related: Volkswagen Vendor Data Breach Exposed Details of 3.3 Million Customers Late in the evening of November 3, Robinhood experienced a data…
What Is WindowsMegabyte? WindowsMegabyte is a potentially unwanted, ad-supported application (shortly known as adware). If you have this application installed without your knowledge, then it may have been included in the installer of another app you installed intentionally. This method…
CVE-2021-43267 is a newly disclosed security vulnerability in the Linux Kernel’s Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC). The flaw can be exploited both locally and remotely, allowing for arbitrary code execution within the kernel. The result of this would be taking…
What Is Color ssc Browser Extension? Color ssc is а suspicious browser extension that was available for download on Chrome Web Store. Currently, the extension seems to be unavailable there, but it could be available on other stores. If you…
What Is CheckLetter Mac Adware? CheckLetter is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) targeting macOS users. The app also has adware capabilities, meaning that it could trigger advertisements and affect your browsers. In some cases, apps such as CheckLetter also feature…
What Is SecureTab? SecureTab is a browser hijacker and a suspicious browser extension that could take over your browser without your consent. This could happen as a result of a bundled download. A clear sign that Secure Tab browser extension…
CVE-2021-1048 is a new zero-day vulnerability in Android that was fixed together with 38 other flaws in November 2021’s patch rollout. Apparently, the zero-day is being exploited in the wild. CVE-2021-1048 Kernel Zero-Day CVE-2021-1048 is a use-after-free issue in the…
What Is News-wavaye.cc? News-wavaye.cc is a suspicious site that may generate push notifications and pop-up ads. The site may also cause intense browser redirects. The appearance of News-wavaye.cc in your browser could mean that an adware or a PUP (potentially…
Shrootless, or CVE-2021-30892, is a new, OS-level vulnerability that could allow threat actors to circumvent security restrictions, known as System Integrity Protection (SIP), in macOS to take over the device. Once this is done, hackers could perform various arbitrary operations…
Cybercriminals have been quite active in developing new malware samples and improving their malicious approaches. According to PurpleSec statistics, cybercrime activity throughout 2021 has been up 600% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, cybersecurity researchers have analyzed some…
