Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Kyle and Stan – A brand new malvertising network has been affecting Windows and Mac users who visit popular webpages such as amazon.com and youtube.com since May this year. The cybercriminals use Yahoo, Amazon and YouTube domains to infect users…
After the successful law enforcement operation in late May that took the Gameover Zeus botnet down, CrypoLocker was almost crushed. Yet, new ransomware arises. Along with the Gameover Zeus network of infected computers, a ransomware campaign was compromised as well…
Kovter ransomware infections have increased significantly in the second quarter of 2014, report malware researchers from the Damballa security firm. On average, the daily incidents have been up by 153% between April and May this year. The ransomware has reached…
Over 625 000 Computer Systems & 5.25 Billion Files Hostages Thanks to CryptoWall In the past six months, the users of more than 625 000 computers were attacked by the biggest and most destructive ransomware threat on Internet – CryptoWall.…
The Reveton Ransomware – Your System Is Locked and You Have No Money Left in Your Pocket The Reveton Ransomware is back, and it’s updated. A new credential-stealing feature has been added to the police-ransomware, using the new version of…
The users should be very happy – they have free and fast Windows web browsers that they can use, and all of them are in compliance with the new web standards. In addition, each browser has its advantages and features…
The Malicious Advertisements At the end of August malicious advertisements have been directing some of the visitors in several high profile websites to browser exploits that installed malware on their computers. In the period between 19th and 22nd August the…
The simplicity of the Google Drive applications is what makes them so popular among users. But don’t think that just because they are easy to operate, they do not have a great deal of power locked in them. The regular…
Kelihos Trojan has been spreading by hackers, attacking Russian nationals, leading them into the belief that this is software designed to attack online resources belonging to US and Western governments. The new malicious campaign by the cyber criminals appeals to…
Bitcoin is the most popular crypto-currency today with more than 2 million crypto currency wallet holders and almost 7 billion worth in US dollars. For a period of one year only the wallet users have risen in number by 500…
ZeroLocker is a new crypto-malware ransomware program which acts in the disguise of a decryption tool which can rescue the data that is locked by the different threats, in case the license of the program is purchased. As a rule,…
There are so many myths about PC slowdowns that sometimes computer users find it difficult to figure out the true reasons that cause the poor performance of their computers, so which are the top myths that are associated with computer…
Human beings are prone to mistakes but one mistake you want to avoid is to allow a hacker to access your computer and steal all your personal information. You can benefit from changing bad computer habits and prevent misfortunes by…
This week Google will launch a special Safe Browsing protection mechanism. It will be available in Chrome and will benefit from many capabilities including detection of deceptive software that aims to make undesired and unexpected changes to the computer of…
Google now makes a new shot at the premium music service by the so called YouTube Music Key. This will be the name of the music subscription service that will be provided by Google through the YouTube channel. It will…
The most modern and cool new features of Google Chrome are available to those users that are not afraid to test new things that are still in development and far from being officially released. The new features are available to…
Protecting one’s passwords in the online world has always been important, yet today it raises even more serious questions concerning the security awareness of the users. Several days ago it was reported on the news about a cybercrime group from…
Berta BilbaoBerta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.More Posts
What is a virus? How does a virus infect a computer? How to remove virus files manually without an antivirus program? Viruses have been around ever since the first virus has been written, called “The Creeper”, first detected in the…
Created in 2013, CryptoLocker is a ransomware that targets all Windows versions. Through asymmetric encryption, certain files available on the user’s PC are encrypted, and a ransom message is displayed. The sum requested for the decryption of the files is…
