Nowadays, any international event has the potential to become exploited by hackers. The 2016 Summer Olympics, or simply referred to as Rio 2016, are definitely going to attract malicious attention, and security researchers are already making prognosis as to what…
A dangerous virus created for Portuguese-speaking countries has been detected by malware research experts to use the .lok file extension and a strong cipher to encrypt files. The files which are encrypted by the Anatel virus can no longer be…
Ransomware variant belonging to the notorious ID kind has been detected out in the wild by security experts. The virus is associated with the e-mail bitcoinrush@aol.com since it uses it as the extension and the only mean of communicating with…
CuteRansomware is the name of a virus, which uses Google Docs to try and stay hidden from security software. It encrypts specific files. The extension this ransomware puts to all encrypted files is .encrypted in Chinese or 加密. To remove…
Security researchers at enSilo have come to some shocking conclusions in terms of the hooking and injection methods employed by various vendors. Their research started in 2015 when they noticed an injection issue in AVG. Later, they found similar problems…
One of the best software in the PC optimizers and speed up programs class, System Mechanic, create by iolo has been classified as a leader by several recognized software review websites. Since this is a highly competitive segment, we have…
How safe are my credit card data and credentials? Because cyber crooks are continually working towards improving their methods, this is a question that deserves addressing on a daily basis. New Scam Combines Phishing and Infection of Legitimate Pages to…
Ransomware virus makes have no breaks, even during summer seasons. A perfect example for that is the lately active 64-bit HolyCrypt ransomware which adds the (encrypted) name prefix at the beginning of the file names of the objects it encrypts.…
KrazyJoystickGames(.)com is a website about online gaming. All games on the website require an additional app program to be played. That application is a browser extension. KrazyJoystickGames is considered adware because of the advertising content found on the site and…
Search.searchlson(.)com is the search page of the browser hijacker Live Sports Online Now. This hijacker is developed by SaferBrowser – a company known for creating such programs. The page that appears when you access your new tab, homepage or search…
Microsoft Office vulnerabilities are cyber criminals’ favorites. Two of the more recent flaws – CVE-2015-1641 and CVE-2015-2545 – are quickly stepping up the malware game and seem to be replacing the all-time-favorite CVE-2012-0158. The latter leveraged a weak spot in…
A ransomware for Windows 10 OS has appeared that not only uses a strong cipher to encrypt files of infected computers. What is new with this ransomware is that it splits files into different parts besides encrypting them, making the…
Given the continuously increasing number of PC users in combination with the ever-increasing power of computer systems, the need for optimization of PC’s has also increased, since different applications nowadays are more demanding than ever. This is the proving ground…
Ever since the privacy scandal, Pokemon GO has been a hot discussion topic. However, a new issue is now added to the pile of problems that Pokemon GO creators need to face – a DDoS attack carried out by PoodleCorp.…
First discovered in November 2014, BandarChor has been infecting user PCs ever since, encrypting their files with a strong AES-256 cipher. The latest discoveries of this ransomware indicated that it uses an AES-256 encryption algorithm to scramble user files and…
Safesurfs.net is an internet domain of a browser hijacker. The main page is also serving the purpose of a search engine. Strangely, all searches are redirected through SafeFinder – another hijacker. After the fast redirect, you will land on a…
Ransom virus which contains the e-mail address ocean-1955@india.com is believed to be a part of a large ransomware family, known as the Xtbl variants. This is an extremely dangerous ransomware, since, at this point, there is no relevant decrypter for…
Stampado is the name of ransomware, which appeared on the Dark Web earlier this week. Offered as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) for only 39$ and a full-time license, this piece of malware is fairly accessible to cybercriminals. Heavily advertised as being…
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…
PriceFountain(.)com is the website of an advertisement platform. The PriceFountain service has software which is considered adware due to the distribution of adverts and redirects to other websites. These websites might gain revenue with generated Web traffic from the advertising…
