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 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…
Referral traffic coming in from Adtiger(.)tk may be the last thing you want to see popping up on your Google Analytics page. This type of referral traffic is familiar as Ghost Referrer spam, and it is performed via a specially…
ESET researchers have identified an Infostealer Trojan that is activated via USB drive specially configured for it. The info stealer can slip past antivirus software undetected and run as a legitimate svchost process in Windows. The malware’s detections names given…
Websearch(.)fastSearchings(.)info is a suspicious domain associated with one or more browser hijackers that may be installed on the computer displaying it. The suspicious host is also observed to collect user data via tracking technologies and also contain suspicious advertisements leading…
A very well concealed and effective ransomware has been reported to encrypt user files with the .rokku file extension. It is known as Rokku Ransomware, and its malicious files have a very low detection rate by antivirus software. Users who…
Another ransomware has been reported to wreak havoc on a massive scale. It is known as MakTub Locker and it encrypts the user files with a strong cypher. The crypto-malware then leaves a ransom note giving the user a deadline…
A new Android Lockscreen type of ransomware which belongs to the police impersonator viruses has been detected out in the wild. The questionable Trojan enters through users via suspicious applications or by visiting malicious web links via your phone. What…
