“You can’t stop things like Bitcoin. It will be everywhere and the world will have to readjust. World governments will have to readjust” – John McAfee, Founder of McAfee The symbiotic relationship between Bitcoin and ransomware has sparked heated debates,…
MyStartPage1.ru is the search engine and main domain for a browser hijacker redirect. The hijacker has a logo which resembles the one of Google, as every letter is colored similarly. Nonetheless, the hijacker redirects to a custom Google Search results…
Android is yet again being targeted by malware, this time by an updated version of a previously known Trojan. The Marcher Android Trojan has been recently upgraded and now it can show fake login screens. The Trojan is doing so…
Users have begun to increasingly complain about a browser hijacker that changes the home and hew tab page to Startgo123.com – a suspicious search engine that may display different types of adverts and even causes browser redirects to computers that…
A ransomware virus has been spotted to attack primarily Czech speaking users, according to malware researchers. It is dubbed Czech ransomware and uses the ??? file extension which it appends to the files encrypted by it. The affected files by…
DetoxCrypto ransomware is another Pokémon themed crypto-virus, which appeared just a day ago. This ransomware seeks to encrypt sixty file extension types and gives victims a period of only three days to pay up. The ransom price that is asked…
Have you been impatiently looking forward to Mr. Robot’s second season? Do you always have questions about the hacks that take place during the show? Are you often pausing to have a closer look at what’s written on that PC…
BrowserHunt.com is a fake search engine and the primary domain of a browser hijacker. The hijacker redirects you when you try to do a search from its search pages. The redirect will send you to a search results page that…
MountainBrowse(.)com is the web address for a browser hijacker that goes by the same name. The hijacker can redirect you, which usually happens when you do a search. You will end up on the search results page of SafeFinder, which…
Mr. Robot TV series has become the inspiration for malware writers to create a ransomware, called Fsociety. The virus aims to imitate a fictional hacking group from the famous TV series, just like Anonymous is. As much as we enjoy…
DatingSmith(.)com is the primary domain for a dating service. It is considered an adware, because of all the advertisements that are pushed by the website, its software and related services. An SMS service is involved, as well. You will be…
A remote access Trojan family dubbed Aveo, that targets primarily Japanese speaking users has been reported by malware researchers to cause infections on a massive scale. This type of Trojans is particularly dangerous since it can gain complete remote control…
MyLucky123(.)com is a search engine and main domain for a browser hijacker called My Lucky. The hijacker imitates the classic Google logo with each letter colored specifically and redirects to Google. But it is not in any way related to…
A suspicious software called iMesh and other unwanted programs have been reported to be associated with the search engine Search.iMesh.net. This potentially unwanted program (PUP) sets the search engine of the web browsers of the user PC it is installed…
A browser hijacker associated with the suspicious search engine Startmain.ru has been reported to affect users on a massive scale. The hijacker may have raised the popularity of the web page with bundled downloads. Since it contains the .ru domain,…
A new HiddenTear crypto-virus variant, named Korean ransomware, was discovered in the wild. Its ransom note is written in Korean, thus it is believed to be mainly targeting Korea, but it is not excluded for other users across the globe…
A ransomware virus going by the name Purge has started infecting computers, adding the .purge file extension after it encrypts them with a strong AES-256 encryption algorithm. The ransomware virus has also been reported to use CBC (Cipher Block Chaining)…
SearchThatUp(.)com is the main page and search engine of a browser hijacker software. The ClientConnect Ltd. has developed that software, which is the company that made Trovi Search and some other browser hijackers. This hijacker can show you targeted third-party…
MyPC HealthCheck is believed to be a program that has a rogue character. The software resembles a PC optimizer, but many researchers outline that it may be fraudulent and display fake errors. This is a commonly met scheme driving users…
Adwind RAT, one of the most spread RATs (Remote Access Trojans), has been recently rebranded, glamorously returning to the underground market with a new name – JBifrost. This is far from the first time the malware changes its name and…
