A Chinese version of Locky ransomware has been detected by malware researchers to drop a _HOWDO_text.html file after it encrypts files with the AES-128 and RSA-2048 ciphers and generates a unique decryption key. The Locky ransomware variants have been spreading…
PropellerAds.com is a website for a monetization platform. Although, the site can spread advertisements and you can be redirected to more, similar advertising networks. That is why it is regarded as adware. The owners of that ad network make some…
2016 has seen the highest rates of malware in terms of online shops running on platforms such as Magento and OpenCart. To conclude that, researcher Willem de Groot from Byte.nl has been analyzing online stores infected with malware since November…
GeoByPass.net is a domain for a program promoting a proxy service. The program offers to hide your original geographical location settings so you can work around any country restriction for services such as Netflix. Moreover, the program can change your…
New version of Philadelphia ransomware, which was part of the Stampado variants has been released, again using the same .locked file extension. The difference in this version is that it demands .3 BTC from affected victims and features a new…
A new case study by blockchain analytics startup Skry and infosec firm Terbium Labs has analyzed millions of URLs in order to outline the most popular sites for illegal Bitcoin trade. The researchers were also able to identify the most…
Portalne.ws is a page that can hijack your browsers and redirect you at the same time. Settings that this hijacker modifies are your browsers’ homepage, search engine, and new tab window. When you make a search query, it will get…
Critical vulnerabilities are often leveraged in attack scenarios, varying from denial-of-service to malware infiltration cases. A serious vulnerability was recently patched, the kind that would allow attackers to carry out denial-of-service attacks via the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) exploits.…
“Try to kill or delete me and I will kill your PC” – this is the message the victims of the EXOTIC virus see once their computer has been infected by it. The vulgar cyber-threat goes as far as creating…
Gotoinstall.ru is a page redirect and also has browser hijacking capabilities. The hijacker can change browser settings as the homepage, search engine, and new tab window. After you make a search inquiry, the redirect will filter your search and any…
A new form of crime has been rapidly increasing. Botnets, banking malware, legitimate malware (adware) and other bunches of malicious code that aim only for one – profit. The most profitable of those however remains to be the new form…
How much does the security industry make? According to the New IDC Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide, the global revenue for security technology is expected to surpass $100 Billion in 2020. IDC forecasts that the revenue for security technologies (hardware,…
Just a few days ago a new systemd vulnerability was discovered in Linux by Andrew Ayer, Linux administrator and founder of SSLMate certificate company. As reported, the bug has the potential to kill a number of critical commands, in the…
Venis ransomware is a cryptovirus that is currently in its development phase. Recently found by malware researchers, this virus is believed to be soon released as a fully functional ransomware. The cryptovirus already has a page set with the name…
Four previously unknown vulnerabilities were found in the Dell SonicWALL Email Security virtual appliance app by researchers at Digital Defense Inc. The researchers detected the flaws while developing new audit modules for its patented vulnerability scanning technology. The flaws should…
The virus that has been reported to use an .NCRYPT extension and leave a threatening ransom note may have already begun to infect users from different places all over the world. The crypto virus demands infected users to pay the…
TVinn.net is a domain for a platform advertising movies through teasers and trailers. Adding to that is the bulk of advertisements, such as pop-up boxes and banners. Thus, the platform is considered adware. The advertisements are spread around various websites,…
Search.searchrs.com is the main domain of the browser hijacker called Recipe Star. The company developer is called SaferBrowser. This developer is notorious for making dozens of browser hijackers. The unwanted application modifies the new tab window, homepage, and search engine…
A new banking Trojan has been spotted targeting financial institutions on a global level. Dubbed Ordinaff, the banker is deployed in campaigns on networks of compromised organizations. Security researchers report that the Trojan has been active since January 2016, and…
Image Source: pcgamer.com A very clever scheme has been revealed that takes advantage of Gaming Websites and their currencies to launder money. What cyber-crooks have been reported to do is use online currencies as laundering means according to Trend Micro’s…
