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 hijacker believed to originate from Russia has been reported to be associated with the website Searchstart(.)ru. This program is believed to flood the computer its installed on with heavy advertisements of different types. The website itself also uses…
A new tech support scam associated with the website Axalisaiti(.)com has been reported to display a fake BSOD (Black Screen Of Death) screen with a fraudulent message stating there is an error on the user’s computer. The phone number 1-855-486-0354…
Bitsheakers(.)utop(.)it has been reported to change the home-pages of users’ browsers and thus, the risky website should be treated as a browser hijacker. In addition to that, the risky software may collect personal information from users. The website can also…
Max Driver Updater is a driver utility software which has been reported as a risky program which displays various third-party advertisements. This PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is strongly believed to collect different information and modify web browsers such as Google…
A new file-less malware has been spotted to send out approximately 2000 spam e-mails per week to users. The malware does not have any files, but instead it spreads via infected Microsoft Office macros. All users who have been affected…
A tool for data recovery, MiniTool Power Data Recovery by MiniTool Solution Ltd, is created to assist users in lost partition, lost drive and deleted file recovery. There are several extra features added to the light program. One of those…
A new worm has been detected in the wild. The cyber-threat has been reported to replicate via infected USB drives from the computers it has affected through malicious URLs. It locks the screen of the user displaying a ransom message…
A new browser hijacker, part of the utop(.)it hijacker family has been detected to change users’ web browser settings. The software has been repeatedly reported to display advertisements, redirect to third-party websites and suspicious URLs. All users who have witnessed…
A new worm has been reported by security experts to spread across portable drives. It is named Woniore, and the worm uses conventional tactics to infect user PCs. The damage which the worm can do to users can often vary…
A new browser hijacker associated with a suspicious search engine, known as slightsearch(.)ru has been reported to intrude users with advertisements. The browser hijacker is also reported to perform other activities such as redirect users to third-party websites and collect…
Ransomware keeps gaining popularity and with it, the copycat variants also increase. One of those variants Is called Zeta. It creates several malicious files after which it encrypts the data on the compromised computer appending a custom extension ending in…
Malware attacks are on the rise and as CRO of F-Secure Mikko Hypponen said on Ted talks – “It is no longer a war against our computers, it is now a war against our lives.” To better protect ourselves from…
Ransomware keeps growing in popularity amongst cyber-criminals since it has proven its effectiveness using military grade encryption to extort users on a daily basis. One of the newest ciphering malware which has been discovered encrypts the user files with a…
Ransomware – it is the new way of making money via using the malicious creations of dark web coders. One particular crypto-malware variant has the audacity to pretend even to be helpful and nice to you while using AES and…
Ciphering attacks by a new ransomware variant have been increasing lately. They seem to be linked to two email addresses known as unblocked@email.su and undblocked@tuta.io. The ransomware uses conventional for ransomware scripts to encode the user files with its modules…
A new devastating ransomware and it’s variants have been reported to infect users on a global scale. It’s name is Coverton, and it is reported to use several extensions that it ads after data encryption. One of the extensions is…
An ad-supported PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) known as Free YouTube Download Manager has been reported to display advertisements to users and cause numerous other issues. The software may collect different information, from the web browsers Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and…
A new type of Lockscreen Trojan that belongs to the Police variants has been discovered out in the wild. The malware arrives directly from foreign hosts, creates multiple files and registry objects. After this it restricts the user access to…
A DNS modifying browser hijacker has been reported on security forums to intercept internet traffic and cause browser redirects to other websites. The hijacker is hosted by a reputable company which provides custom networks known as Level3. It automatically sets…
A new browser hijacking software is reported to be associated with the suspicious search engine known as Nicesearches(.)com. The suspicious software may obtain permissions to change the homepage of the most widely used web browsers – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox…
