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.
Ransomware, known by the name of Zyklon has been discovered recently by researchers. Typical to other crypto-malware infections, Zyklon is reported to create malicious files in key Windows folders and use them to encrypt the files of the user, asking…
Goliath and The Hall Of Ransom Malware researchers have identified a malware writing group, named Hall of Ransom in the deep web which was reported to sell Goliath and Locky ransomware to beginner users. This strategy is also known as…
A new variant of old ransomware, EnCiPhErEd is a part of the Xorist crypto family. The virus encrypts files on compromised systems leaving its name as a file extension to the encoded files. The ransomware has also been reported by…
A virus-encoder has been detected by malware researchers to pretend to be CryptoLocker Ransomware and encrypt the user files with .Z81928819 alpha numerical file extension. The ransomware is named Ghost Crypt by malware researchers who also report that it creates…
An interesting ransomware variant which is reported to have the .8lock8 extension after it encodes the files of the user asking for ransom money is detected out into the open. It copies the behavior of another ransomware known as HiddenTear…
It appears that Ninja ransomware may be back and this time it uses ninja.gaiver@aol.com, kaligula.caesar@aol.com and seven_legion@india.com cyber-criminal addresses. The ransomware does not even use a ransom note, instead leaving the Ninja.Gaiver e-mail address on the files it encrypts. The…
A new rogue software which pretends to assist Windows users has been reported to affect computer systems and detect false positives, experts say. The software is considered to be potentially unwanted (or PUP) because it may significantly slow down your…
A suspicious web browser which is reported to be created on the basis of the Chromium project has been reported to roam around the web and be installed incognito on unsuspecting users. The web browser is most likely used by…
Ransomware, called GNL Locker(German-Netherlands Locker) which uses the never seen before AES-512 encryption algorithm has been spotted out in the wild. The dangerous malware encrypts the user files adding a .locked file extension to them. After this, it has been…
The software is also known as DBAN and is oriented into those who want to completely wipe their hard drive, solid drive or any other drive on their computer completely so that it is as clean as the day it…
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…
