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 nasty virus, called CryPy, reported to use the Python language for it’s script has been detected by malware researchers, using AES-256 cipher to encode files. The encryptes files by this virus have the .cry file extension and in addition…
The next version of Google’s Android has been revealed and many are anxious for the answer of questions, like “What’s new?”, “What has improved?” and others. The new mobile operating system is expected to be dramatically optimized and in addition…
A new variant of the Stampado ransomware – the Philadephia virus has been released to the public using the .locked file extension. The virus has been sold in the deep web markets as an inexpensive virus that can encrypt the…
Google, being the tech giant it is, has decided to significantly boost the security of it’s notebooks running Chrome OS. Amongst the new features, there will soon be a fingerprint scanned and a PIN code used to unlock the device.…
A collaborative operation of Europol, Italian forces and Romanian police has resulted in the successful arrests of 7 men in Italy and Romania. In addition to this, there were also 14 suspects that were detained in the arrests. The forces…
A dangerous botnet that aims to steal financial information from important computers such as cashier POS machines has been reported to be spread on dark web forums and markets. This type of malware is particularly dangerous because it comes with…
A ransomware virus that attacks the files of it’s victims only to archive them in password protected .ZIP files has been reported to wreak havoc on user computers. The virus moves all of the archived files in a RarVault folder…
Ransomware, created mainly for Russian speaking users, named KawaiiLocker has been reported to increasingly infect more and more users. The virus locks the files of the infected computer by encrypting them and asks the victim to pay approximately 6000 rubles…
A ransomware virus going by the name N1N1N1 has been reported to use a very stron encryption algorithm to encode the files of unsuspecting users. The virus leaves behind the .n1n1n1 file extension to every file it has encrypted along…
Ransomware virus, resembling very much TeslaCrypt and Locky ransomware, named Ransomcuck has been reported to lock affected users’ files using the AES and RSA encryption algorithms. The virus uses the .ransomcuck and .cuck file extensions after it enciphers the files…
Users have increasingly started to report a browser hijacking software setting the page Tavanero.info which is a suspicious search engine as a home and a new tab of their web browsers. Among the web browsers that are influenced by this…
A ransomware virus, carrying the name Flyper, based on the HiddenTear virus project has been caught out in the wild to infect user PCs. The virus uses a very strong RSA-2048 file encryption mechanism to encipher the files of unsuspecting…
A virus pretending to be the CSTO, called Cry ransomware had been reported to use RSA-4096 and the .cry file extension to encrypt the files of computers infected by it. The virus wants it’s victims to pay the different sum,…
It’s already been 13 years since the powerful Blaster worm has hit the world. This may have yet been the first malware that attacked computers that were connected to important machines and institutions. Back then, many Windows XP systems were…
A man from El Portal, Florida was arrested for gaining unauthorized access to the kernel.org (Linux Kernel) servers. According to the court, the hacker Ryan Austin used credentials to the servers of what appears to be an employee associated with…
A ransomware virus, belonging to the dangerous CryiSiS / XTBL family of viruses has been reported to leave behind the e-mail Melme@india.com for contact after encrypting files of it’s victims. The virus may encode important files such as videos, audio…
A ransomware virus belonging to the @india.com ransomware variants has been reported to encrypt user files using a strong encryption algorithm. After encryption, the Masterlock virus leaves a .crypt file extension along with a unique identification number. All users infected…
A ransomware virus dubbed NullByte was reported by malware researchers to append the _nullbyte file extension to the files which it encrypts with a strong AES cipher. The name nullbyte originates from the NUL character in ASCII control code, suggesting…
A crypto-virus, known by the e-mail Cyber_Baba2@aol.com and also known as CPYPAURA variant at TrendMicro’s threat encyclopedia, has been reported to have a high level of infections. The virus encrypts the files of users who have been infected by it,…
This article will help you remove .cerber3 file extension virus (Locky ransomware) successfully. Follow the ransomware removal instructions below. One of the most devastating viruses out there – Cerber ransomware has been released in a 3rd version, adding a .cerber3…
