A very hazardous web domain Fastlauncher.xyz has been reported to cause an extensive amount of redirects to different third-party websites of suspicious character on the computers of affected users. The hijacking software associated with the website can collect different information…
Imagine there is a currently exploitable bug in Google. Well, truth is you don’t need to imagine it because it is already there! British security researcher Aidan Woods just disclosed an issue found on Google’s login page. This issue enables…
A new ransomware virus has been reported to cause damage to web servers based on Linus. This virus, dubbed Fairware, does not use a direct encryption approach. Unlike other ransomware for web servers, the malware directly eliminates the web folder…
The malware writers behind the Locky and Zepto ransomware projects proved once again that they are working all the time not only to infect more and more users and remain on top of the ransomware chart, but they are also…
Ransomware virus that encrypts the files on the infected computer, dubbed the KK virus because of the file extension it uses (KK_) has been reported to infect users on a massive scale. The virus uses a powerful encryption algorithm, which…
The HiddenTear project has been the reason for yet another virus that encrypts user files adding the .domino file extension. Dubbed Domino ransomware, this crypto-virus spreads primarily via several different techniques, the main of which is via fake installers and…
Malware researchers have just spotted Space_rangers@aol.com ransomware virus to infect users and encrypt their files asking for a payment in exchange for a decryption key. We strongly advise users to not pay the cyber criminals as this is not a…
One of the many ransomware variants of the Shade/Troldesh family is called Centurion_Legion@aol.com. This is a recently discovered version that has started to plague computer users worldwide. It uses an advanced encryption algorithm to store most user files and folders…
Another ransomware virus belonging to the CrySiS (.XTBL) ransomware variants has been reported to encrypt user files by ESG malware researchers. The ransomware virus creates a malicious executable in the %SystemDrive% folder of Windows which is then used to encrypt…
A ransomware infection, named by the mythical beast Chimera was spotted by ESG malware researchers to encrypt vital documents, pictures, videos, audio files and other of the computers it infects. The Chimera virus also deletes the backup of those files…
What Is Fantom Ransomware? Fantom ransomware is a new crypto-virus that is based on the open-source EDA2 project. The virus locks files and claims to use the RSA-4096 and AES-256 algorithms for their encryption. When the encryption is complete, the…
A ransomware virus that is a part of the XTBL/CrySiS malware group has been reported to infect users. Dubbed Malevich, the virus may use a powerful AES-128 encryption algorithm to encode the files of the infected computers asking the users…
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…
Another virus belonging to the family of XTBL/CrySiS ransomware has emerged, infecting users massively. The malware may use a strong combination of several encryption algorithms to encode the data. It may employ different strengths of AES encryption directly on the…
Ramachandra7@india.com is the full name of this crypto-virus. The name comes from the email that is left for contacting the makers of the virus. It can safely be called an XTBL ransomware because it is part of the Troldesh/Shade family…
Netutils is an adware which is mainly spread by a variety of other adware applications. Upon clicking on any advertisements, such as in-text links, banners or other types, you can get redirected to web pages, load more ads, or get…
A_princ@aol.com is the name of this particular ransomware crypto-virus, because it uses that email address in its ransom message. Lots of viruses from the Troldesh/Shade ransomware family have been seen in the past couple of days. This virus will put…
An industry analyst report by Forcepoint and Ponemon Institute, titled “The 2016 Study on the Insecurity of Privileged Users” has come to some troubling revelations. The study is based on results of a recent survey of some 704 IT operations…
File extensions .better_call_saul;.breaking bad;.heisenberg;.xtbl;.ytbl are just some of the expansions associated with the nasty Shade ransomware virus. There have been many variants ever since one of the first CrySiS variant has appeared, and many have the reason to believe that…
Ransomware virus belonging to the Troldesh ransomware viruses called VeraCrypt@india.com virus has been detected by ESG malware researchers to cause infections and run on system startup. Being part of the XTBL ransomware variants the Veracrypt@india.com virus is created to generate…
