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.
System helpers otherwise referred to as PC optimizers are becoming more and more and hence the competition between them is increasing a lot. In this dynamic environment, the company WinZip Computing, a company with a has created a program called…
A virus, belonging to the HiddenTear project, named Rush has continued to infect user PCs, adding the .crashed file extension after it encrypts their files. The virus is almost identical with Sanction ransomware with differences being the name, encryption and…
Ransomware, named Moth, because it uses the file extension .m0th is the sole reason of users complaining in online forums. The ransomware uses an extremely strong AES-256 encryption algorithm to encipher the files of users, rendering them unusable and unable…
A very interesting ransom virus, named Tilde has been detected to add the .~ (tilde sign) file extension to the files it encrypts. It uses a very strong AES encryption and demands 0.8 BTC from infected users. Tilde ransomware also…
CryptoWall’s encrypter is back in CryptoWall 5.1 variant and it is used in a ransomware virus which pretends to be Cryptolocker. The virus uses the .locked file extension which it ads after encrypting the files of the infected computer with…
A ransomware variant named PayForNature, dubbed after the e-mail address it uses to communicate with victims, is the reason for reports of encrypted user files with the .crypt file extension. The virus uses an RSA-1024 encryption algorithm, and this allows…
A massive campaign against South Korean users, associated with a Trojan known as BlackMoon has been boosted, reports indicate. Fortinet security experts indicate that the BlackMoon menace discovered initially in 2014, is back with a new campaign. It has already…
The well-known Norwegian company Opera has been sold to the Chinese company Qihoo 360, experts indicate. The deal was worth 600 million United States dollars, according to estimated reports. At the beginning of the deal, the Chinese consortium has attempted…
Ransomware virus, named PowerLocky has been reported to infect users and use encryption to encode the files of infected computers and append the .locky file extension in them. The PowerLocky Ransomware also leaves a ransom note, extorting users to pay…
With the ever-increasing system resource demands of programs, multimedia and heavy gaming, the PC optimizers and speed-up programs have seen a lot of attention. One of those useful programs is called AVG PC TuneUp, and it has advanced mechanisms which…
A dangerous virus created for Portuguese-speaking countries has been detected by malware research experts to use the .lok file extension and a strong cipher to encrypt files. The files which are encrypted by the Anatel virus can no longer be…
Ransomware variant belonging to the notorious ID kind has been detected out in the wild by security experts. The virus is associated with the e-mail bitcoinrush@aol.com since it uses it as the extension and the only mean of communicating with…
One of the best software in the PC optimizers and speed up programs class, System Mechanic, create by iolo has been classified as a leader by several recognized software review websites. Since this is a highly competitive segment, we have…
Ransomware virus makes have no breaks, even during summer seasons. A perfect example for that is the lately active 64-bit HolyCrypt ransomware which adds the (encrypted) name prefix at the beginning of the file names of the objects it encrypts.…
A ransomware for Windows 10 OS has appeared that not only uses a strong cipher to encrypt files of infected computers. What is new with this ransomware is that it splits files into different parts besides encrypting them, making the…
Given the continuously increasing number of PC users in combination with the ever-increasing power of computer systems, the need for optimization of PC’s has also increased, since different applications nowadays are more demanding than ever. This is the proving ground…
First discovered in November 2014, BandarChor has been infecting user PCs ever since, encrypting their files with a strong AES-256 cipher. The latest discoveries of this ransomware indicated that it uses an AES-256 encryption algorithm to scramble user files and…
Ransom virus which contains the e-mail address ocean-1955@india.com is believed to be a part of a large ransomware family, known as the Xtbl variants. This is an extremely dangerous ransomware, since, at this point, there is no relevant decrypter for…
Microsoft’s web browser Edge has been gaining more and more popularity with its latest 10th installment. And what is good news for users who prefer edge is that now Edge Browser supports extensions. This immediately allows for installing browser extensions…
An annoying browser hijacker associated with the web page Stream-it.online has been spotted out into the open. The browser hijacker changes the home page and new tab page of the web browsers Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer if…
