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What Is GenerateInteractive? GenerateInteractive is the name of an adware and a potentially unwanted program that affects macOS users. The program is capable of launching itself upon rebooting the system, and it could even change its name to make it…
Hertzbleed is a new family of side-channel attacks associated with frequency side channels that may allow information disclosure. The issue was discovered and detailed by a group of researchers from University of Texas, University of Washington, and University of Illinois…
What Is ProcesserGrid? ProcesserGrid is yet another iteration of the AdLoad macOS adware family. As the name suggests, the primary purpose of AdLoad programs is loading ads on infected Macs. These ads could take potential victims to various suspicious pages,…
![Remove CommonCreative Ads [AdLoad macOS Adware]](https://cdn.sensorstechforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mac-adware-sensorstechforum-1-300x171.webp "Remove CommonCreative Ads [AdLoad macOS Adware]")
What Is CommonCreative? CommonCreative is the name of one an adware program that belongs to the AdLoad family. Security researchers have detected numerous AdLoad variants in the wild, infecting macOS users via trojanized downloads and fake updates. As a result…
What Is the “CUDA.framework will damage your computer” Pop-Up Message? Apple users have been complaining about a nagging pop-up window claiming that “CUDA.framework will damage your computer”. In fact, CUDA is a toolkit created by NVIDIA that provides “a development…
Microsoft’s June 2022 Patch Tuesday has rolled out, containing fixes for 55 vulnerabilities, including the infamous Follina flaw. Until today, only a mitigation was available for the CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Office zero-day which could be leveraged in arbitrary code execution attacks.…
What Is DirectNetwork? DirectNetwork is an ad-supported application (adware) that targets macOS users. It is similar to IndexInterface and NavigateNetwork. DirectNetwork displays advertisements which could take you to pages deployed for social engineering scams, fake download pages, fake error messages…
What Is DiskFresh? DiskFresh is a suspicious, possibly malicious application. In most cases, these apps end on your computer via a trojanized download or in a bundled software installer. In other words, you download the application because you think it…
What Is Tumgir.com? Tumgir.com is a website with questionable integrity that potentially harbors malicious elements. It scrapes content from Tumblr and has been linked to problems affecting iPhone users. However, it’s not limited to iPhones; it can also impact desktop…
What Is BlissFresh? BlissFresh is an adware program targeting Mac users. It belongs to the AdLoad adware family, together with numerous similar unwanted applications. BlissFresh may have been installed via a trojanized application that posed as a useful, legitimate utility.…
PureCrypter is a new malware loader currently being developed by a threat actor known as PureCoder. The loader is fully-featured and has been sold in underground markets since at least March 2021, according to a new report by Zscaler researchers.…
Here’s an example of an actively exploited vulnerability which is now used by ransomware operators: CVE-2022-26134. This is indeed the critical Atlassian unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in its Confluence Server and Data Center. The vulnerability ensures initial access to…
HelloXD is the name of a relatively new ransomware family which has been carrying out double extortion attacks since November 2021. The ransomware has multiple variants that impact both Windows and Linux systems. What distinguishes HelloXD from other, similar ransomware…
What Is IndexInterface? IndexInterface is an adware program that affects Mac users. It can be detected as a generic adware intrusion with backdoor capabilities. This means that IndexInterface shouldn’t be underestimated, as it can create an opportunity for other intrusions,…
A team of MIT CSAIL researchers recently disclosed PACMAN, “a novel hardware attack that can bypass Pointer Authentication (PAC) on the Apple M1 CPU.” The attack is based on speculative execution attacks to circumvent a central memory protection mechanism, known…
What Is BBII Virus? Bbii is the latest iteration of the STOP/DJVU ransomware family. The ransomware encrypts all files discovered on a breached computer, and appends the . extension. Once the encryption procedure is finished, the files become inoperative. In…
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What Is NavigateNetwork? NavigateNetwork is an adware program specifically targeting the macOS environment. Our research indicates that NavigateNetwork belongs to the AdLoad adware family which has been targeting Mac users for at least two years. AdLoad has numerous variations, and…
Symbiote, discovered by Blackberry researchers, is a new Linux malware designed to infect all running processes on infected machines. The malware is capable of stealing account credentials and providing backdoor access to its operators. A Look into Symbiote Linux Malware…
Recently, we wrote about the so-called Follina Windows vulnerability which was later given the CVE-2022-30190 identifier. The vulnerability was unearthed by the nao_sec research team, following the discovery of a Word Document uploaded to VirusTotal from a Belarusian IP address.…
What Is SkipTheAdz? SkipTheAdz is a browser extension that can be downloaded from its official page. However, it can also be included in the installers of other programs (the so-called bundled software installers). Despite not being malicious, the browser extension…
