Ventsislav is a cybersecurity expert at SensorsTechForum since 2015. He has been researching, covering, helping victims with the latest malware infections plus testing and reviewing software and the newest tech developments. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for learning new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management, Network Administration and Computer Administration of System Applications, he found his true calling within the cybersecrurity industry and is a strong believer in the education of every user towards online safety and security.
A browser hijacking software associated with the search engine, called Startgo123 has been reported to be set as a default home page and a new tab web page on the web browsers of users. The hijacking software may also collect…
A very dangerous Trojan kits are continuing to wreak havoc on a massive, global scale, according to malware researchers. The family includes different variants of the Trojan.Vundo threat. Symantec researchers have reported that this virus has a wide variety of…
A suspicious program running a process named SGRP.exe has been identified by malware researchers. The program may use a lot of resources from the CPU of the user PC. In addition to this, it may also display advertisements collect information…
Ad-supported programs are becoming more and more. Sacrosanct.exe and Rickshaws.exe are yet another unwanted processes you may see in your task manager that can collect information and cause pop-ups, banners and other forms of advertisements on your computer. This results…
An orange cat making a funny face this is what victims of El Gato (cat) ransomware see when their Android phones have been infected by this virus. McAfee labs researchers from its mobile division have seen that this virus’ is…
Malware researchers have discovered a new banking Trojan, dubbed by the weird name Scylex. It has been advertised at this present moment on the DarkWeb forums, but the malware has not yet been seen in action. Scylex is reported by…
Ransomware which belongs to the ACCDFISA viruses has become the reason for concerns of malware researchers. It has been reported to encode the files of the computers it infects leaving the file extension “(!! to get email id password {Unique…
A ransomware variant came out in April 2016, carrying the name AutoLocky and using the .locky file extension. It pretends to be one of the big players in the game – Locky Ransomware, using its file extension. The virus may…
EDA2, BankAccountSummary, Mireware, 8lock8 – these are just some of the variants which root from the massive HiddenTear ransomware project. The viruses encrypt the files of compromised computers, leaving the user with no option but to pay ransom money to…
A ransomware variant, belonging to the ACCDFISA type of ransomware viruses has been reported to be massively spread and heavily encrypt files of compromised computers. Research shows that the ransomware adds the file extension to “(!! to get email id…
Petya ransomware is one of the most dangerous ransom viruses ever to be encountered. It is very good news that finally, a decryptor called Petya Sector Extractor had been released which-which you can be able to recover files from it.…
When JigSaw ransomware was initially detected, it locked the screen of infected users’ computers displaying a countdown timer. The ransomware scans for and encrypts over 120 types of files on the compromised computers it has infected. Users were left with…
When TeslaCrypt ransomware was first released, it started infecting users with a “bang”. The virus had multiple variants which suggested that it may have been used by more than one hacking teams. Fortunately, a decryptor has been released for free…
A browser hijacking software that has been associated with the suspicious search engine 22find.com has been reported to take over users’ web browsers and display adverts. The program is not a virus or malware. However it’s behavior makes it fall…
First detected in April 2016, BrLock Ransomware continues to wreak havoc on user PCs. The virus locks the screen and displays a ransom note that is written completely in Russian, demanding a ransom payment of approximately 1000 RU which is…
Ransomware variant, known by the name REKTLocker has been reported to use the .rekt file extension and the RSA-2048 encryption algorithm to encipher user data. The virus then changes the wallpaper with the ransom demands, wanting the sum of 1…
Fortunately, researchers at TrendMicro have successfully created a decryptor for Cerber ransomware. Unfortunately, the cyber-criminals have anticipated this move, immediately and mockingly enough releasing a second variant of this nasty cyber-threat. The war against Cerber continues, leaving many victims of…
A researcher at Fortinet Security has discovered a new ransomware variant, called Rumble Crypt. The virus has been reported to have a payment page which is Tor-based, which points out to the possibility that it is already up and running.…
Ransomware virus, named after a symbol of evil – Hitler has be Data Recovery Tool Windows Data Recovery by Stellar Phoenix Notice! This product scans your drive sectors to recover lost files and it may not recover 100% of the…
AES-128 has been used by this ransomware created for Black Hat 2016 presentation. This “beautiful” piece of malware uses a C&C server that provides the decryption key of the files ShinoLocker has encrypted for free. It has been made primarily…
