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 search engine, pretending to be Google has been reported to have associations with a browser hijacker. The hijacker also known as PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is reported to heavily advertise content to users, collect different user information. In addition…
What Is GPCODE Ransomware? Users report activity by ransomware known as GPCODE. This particular virus uses a combination of a very strong encryption ciphers – RSA and AES, both used by the government to hide top secret files. Not only…
A suspicious browser add-on known as Hoopla Search has been reported by malware researchers and affected users all over the web to have a rogue behavior and heavily advertise third-party content. The web browsers that can be reportedly affected by…
The CryptXXX malware writers have designed a new version which has been reported to contain several drastic improvements in encrypting the files of unsuspecting victims. The ransomware encrypts users’ files after which locks the screen with the ransom message. This…
Attacks by a ransomware discovered in April that is reportedly associated with Russia, carrying the name Enigma, have been reported to be rapidly rising. This nasty cyber threat encrypts the files of users using a strong AES encryption algorithm after…
An extremely aggressive and intrusive adware, DNS Unlocked has been around for quite some time now, affecting all types of users all over the globe. The unwanted program, also known as PUP shows adverts across each page during online browsing.…
Shujin ransomware, written entirely in Chinese has been reported on security forum to infect unsuspecting users. The ransom note is written entirely in Chinese, and the encoded files are in the .txt file extension. This particular ransomware, like many others,…
Ransomware that uses different encryption techniques, named Mobef has been reported to ask ransom money to give infected users access to the files it encrypts on their computers. Unlike other ransomware infections, Mobef may employ the DES encryption algorithm, suggesting…
Unlike other ransomware variants, this particular crypto-malware has an entirely different approach when it begins to extort users. Named Alpha ransomware by researchers, it drops a ransom note in every encrypted folder and demands 400 US dollars to be directly…
Since the older version of DMA Unlocker, which was detected at the beginning of February encrypted files that were eventually able to be decrypted, expectedly enough we now see a newer version written by cyber-crooks which uses even more advanced…
A neat little program, created for recovering data from removable drives but also having other features is in our sights today. Its name is Card Data Recovery, and it is created by a company called Tenorshare. Since this software is…
Browser hijacking software associated with the redirecting domain Smartsputnik(.)ru has been reported to haunt users during their browsing experience. The software is outlined as dangerous primarily because it is redirected via third-party domains and all users who have seen redirects…
Browser hijacker knew to be associated with the web page Safe-Search(.)net has been reported to cause headaches to users, by modifying their browser settings. The hijacker may set the questionable Safe-Search web page as a home page and a new…
Commonly referred to as a potentially unwanted program(PUP), this application has the annoying habit of modifying users’ browser settings and causing PC slowdowns. The Terraclicks app is also reported to display heavily advertisements linking to third-party websites. Users who have…
A mobile malware with a devastating impact has been spotted out in the wild, extracting login and financial credentials from infected users. The Trojan is detected as Android/Spy.Agent.Sl(Eset) and Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Agent.au(Kaspersky) and Android.SmsBot.539.origin(Dr.Web). Malware researchers from ESET have reported that it…
A new ad-supported application has been reported to advertise heavily onto affected users’ computers. The software is reported to be intrusive and cause computer slow-downs as well as pop-ups and even browser redirects to third-party URLs. Users who have witnessed…
A new javascript type of ransomware has been reported to infect users globally. This crypto malware is particularly devastating because it uses an immensely strong cypher to encrypt the files of affected users, making them impossible to decrypt directly even…
A new browser hijacking software associated with the domain Yeabests(.)cc has been spotted out in the wild. The software heavily modifies the settings of the web browser of affected PCs, and it may install other PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) like…
The .h3ll extension – this may just be the first thing users who have been affected by YouGotHacked ransomware to notice on their files. This dangerous malware encodes the first 64 bit of the user files with a strong cypher.…
A new ransomware has been reported by affected users on security forums to encode the files on infected computers impenetrable encryption algorithm. This devastating malware is called RemindMe ransomware, and it uses the .remind extension which it appends on the…
