MySocialShortcut is a new browser hijacker application developed by the Mindspark Interactive Network. You can directly download its browser extension from the site of the same name or Google’s Chrome web store. If you have the extension or any other…
SPOILERS ALERT! 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…
R980 is a ransomware virus, which encrypts databases, documents, photos and other files. It wants half a Bitcoin as a ransom payment, which amounts to nearly 330 US dollars. The files get encrypted with AES 256-bit and RSA4096 encryption algorithms…
Unfortunately, Google Play is full of booby traps and users should always be careful with the apps they install. Recent examples of applications that turned out to be more than what the user has bargained for are: Flash Keyboard Candy…
E-mail is everything nowadays. It is the main credential used to identify a user and help him create an account anywhere online. This makes it somewhat of a bottleneck if you look at it from a security perspective. If a…
Glarysoft Ltd has created a system optimizing software which focuses primarily on summarizing all of the settings and tools needed to manage the health of a given machine. It is a light tool with a standard size which has the…
It’s common knowledge that ransomware has become the most feared and destructive online threat, putting the biggest of corporations on their knees. Security researchers expect it to continue evolving, in 2016 and perhaps beyond. To understand where ransomware and generally…
Houmpage(.)com serves as a home page with a search bar and is a domain for a browser hijacker. The hijacker redirects you and in the end shows you a Yahoo search results page. Before that, all of your search queries…
We may not think of cyber crime as a “business sector” that also generates rivalry, but it doesn’t mean that cyber crime groups do not compete with each other. Having said that, it shouldn’t be too surprising that the author…
JagerDecryptor – this is what victims of the Jager ransomware see after their files have been encoded using a strong AES-256 and RSA-2048 encryption ciphers. This type of ransomware attacks has increased in both numbers and sophistication. The cyber-criminals behind…
KuaiZip(.)com is the main domain for a Chinese archive program. KuaiZip is also the name of the software, which can be downloaded directly from the site. The KuaZip platform spreads advertisements and is considered adware. You might also get redirected.…
System helpers otherwise referred to as PC optimizers are becoming more and more and hence the competition between them is increasing a lot. In this dynamic environment, the company WinZip Computing, a company with a has created a program called…
In late 2015, security firm SentinelOne added a brand new feature to their endpoint detection products designed specifically to restore files encrypted by ransomware. When we wrote about the company’s plans to release this solution, the component was supposed to…
A virus, belonging to the HiddenTear project, named Rush has continued to infect user PCs, adding the .crashed file extension after it encrypts their files. The virus is almost identical with Sanction ransomware with differences being the name, encryption and…
AddonJet(.)com is the main website page for a monetization marketing platform. AddonJet spreads advertisements and redirects to other websites and is considered adware. Websites and addon owners make money off of the adverts, by monetizing the traffic coming from them.…
Ransomware, named Moth, because it uses the file extension .m0th is the sole reason of users complaining in online forums. The ransomware uses an extremely strong AES-256 encryption algorithm to encipher the files of users, rendering them unusable and unable…
NoobCrypt is a ransomware virus, which encrypts files and wants different currency as payment for ransom. The ransomware calls you a noob if you input a wrong decryption key. To remove the ransomware and see how to restore your files,…
A very interesting ransom virus, named Tilde has been detected to add the .~ (tilde sign) file extension to the files it encrypts. It uses a very strong AES encryption and demands 0.8 BTC from infected users. Tilde ransomware also…
CryptoWall’s encrypter is back in CryptoWall 5.1 variant and it is used in a ransomware virus which pretends to be Cryptolocker. The virus uses the .locked file extension which it ads after encrypting the files of the infected computer with…
A ransomware variant named PayForNature, dubbed after the e-mail address it uses to communicate with victims, is the reason for reports of encrypted user files with the .crypt file extension. The virus uses an RSA-1024 encryption algorithm, and this allows…
