DealRecovery.com is the main website for software that presents itself as useful. The software is promoted as a one-click backup service and upon installing it, your browsers will be hijacked. The hijacker will switch the search engine, new tab setting…
GozNym, the banking Trojan that was detected in April 2016, has been just caught once again in a new active campaign. This time victims of the banker are German users. Researchers at IBM X-Force say that the Trojan has been…
WildFire Locker is a ransomware virus that aims to encrypt the files of the computers it infects adding the .wflx file extension and asking users to pay a ransom of 299 USD to restore the encrypted files. When the virus…
Ransomware has moved from targeting hospitals to targeting universities. According to SentinelOne, six out of ten British universities have fallen victim to crypto virus attacks. The security firm has sent a FOI (Freedom of Information) request to 71 higher educational…
TopSecurityTabSearch.com is the primary web address of a browser hijacker. Imali Media Ltd. is the company creator of that unwanted program. An extension related to the hijacker, with similar capabilities, exists. Every search query you make will be filtered by…
A base transceiver station (BTS) is a piece of equipment that aids wireless communication between user equipment (mobile phones, WLL phones, computers with wireless connectivity) and a network, such as wireless communication technologies like GSM, CDMA, wireless local loop, Wi-Fi,…
Part of the Purge ransomware variants the Globe virus has begun infecting PCs and encrypting their files after which appending the .purge extension to the encoded files. The aes-256 encryption algorithm may be used by the Globe malware to scramble…
A ransomware virus reported to belong to the CrySiS and .xtbl ransomware variants has been reported to encrypt user files on Windows computers with a strong military grade ciphers. The XTBL variants are usually reported to use AES, RSA, and…
Zodiac-game.info is a domain of a website that on first glance looks like a gaming blog. The blog has only a couple of articles and banner advertisements. Upon clicking on any in-text link or advert, you will get redirects to…
Eradafi.ru is a known redirect. That web address could be set in your browsers as their new tab setting, start page and load as the default search. The address will redirect you to the main page of the Smartinf.ru website.…
A hijacking software associated with the highly suspicious search engine Searchgol(.)com has been reported on user PCs, by researchers. The software is regarded as a Potentially Unwanted Program, and it may collect personal information form the user as well as…
Does cyber security concern you? You may think not, but think twice! How secure is your data? Has the company you’ve been working for ever been hacked? Do you use public Wi-Fi? Have you backed up your data? Are you…
“Ads by My Safe Savings” – in case you have seen pop-ups with this text on one of their corners, your computer has most likely been affected by an adware PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). Such ad-supported applications aim to deliver…
A potentially unwanted application, known by the name Express Files has been detected to display Advertisements, download other unwanted software and add a custom browser extension to the computers of the affected user. The program has been reported to also…
Besides ransomware, this month has seen some older banking Trojans equipped with new variants as well as completely new pieces. The latest banking Trojan that has been lurking around uses Microsoft PowerShell to change the victim’s PC local proxy settings…
Alma Locker virus is a recent ransomware discovered by a malware researcher from Proofpoint security. The researcher has found that the virus spreads via the RIG Exploit Kit. The ransomware encrypts nearly 90 file types. Victims have five days to…
Media-fire.org is a redirect that leads to the domain of an online streaming platform for movies. The redirect address pushes advertisements for VideoStripe. Because of all adverts and constant redirecting, this address is considered as adware. To remove all advertisements…
Crypto-viruses are an increasing menace that aims to turn your day the other way around, making you pay to cyber-criminals for keys that were encrypted. And what is worse is that cyber-crooks constantly keep developing new and more sophisticated ways…
“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…
