Searchvvay.com is a browser redirect, with hijacking capabilities. This redirect could alter settings such as the starting page, search engine and new tab window for every browser application you use. When you do a search, it will get filtered, and…
Mr. Robot is beginning to feel a lot more like a philosophical essay on life rather than a hacking TV show, with Satie’s Gnossienne played in the background. It is perhaps not a coincidence that I have been reading Sci-Fi…
A new version of the dangeorus RIG exploit kit used to conduct successful infections via taking advantage of exploits in Windows has been detected out into the wild. The exploit kit has been reported to contain new script files and…
Workno.ru is a known browser hijacker redirect. The online address might be present in your browser applications, changing their new tab, start page and default search engine. That address will redirect you to search results of Mail.ru or Yandex.ru. You…
Usr0@riseup.net is the e-mail address associated with a very dangerous crypto virus that aims to extort users for 1.24 BTC (or 50500 RU), holding their files hostage. The ransomware virus uses the .usr0 file extension to add to the files…
Does Bitcoin have the value of (physical) money? This question hangs around us as Bitcoin is becoming more popular and profitable. With the reshaping and readjustment of cybercrime, the cryptocurrency has turned into the means of profit for malware coders,…
Wewe.gold is a website page for a monetization marketing platform. The website spreads a multitude of advertisements and redirects to other websites and scams. Thus, it is considered adware. Websites owners make money from all of the adverts, via monetizing…
Voice search of Google was reported by multiple sources, including Independent.co.uk to “listen in” to various conversations and save audio logs. This news may soon raise some serious issues regarding privacy because the audio recordings are so evident that even…
According to the FBI, a BEC scam, or a Business Email Compromise scam, is a sophisticated online fraud that targets businesses working with foreign suppliers and regularly performing wire transfer payments. Also known as a Man-in-the-Email scam, BEC has turned…
Footybase.com is the domain of a browser hijacker, which can be generated by the Climbon.top/search.php redirect. Settings which this hijacker can alter are the homepage, search engine and new tab of nearly every browser you use. All search queries you…
Malware researchers continue to report fake web pages of the notorious online financial service PayPal to appear on user PCs. With the summer ending, online purchases via services such as Skrill or PayPal increase and phishing web pages increase accordingly.…
A new research conducted by Digital Shadows reveals that 76 vulnerabilities are being exploited in exploit kit attacks. 27 of them are found in Flash. Despite the popularity of Flash flaws, an IE bug prevails in most attack scenarios and…
BestQualitySearch.com is a redirect, which can hijack your browser programs. The settings which the hijacker most often can modify the start page, search engine and new tab for almost all browser applications you have. Each search query you make gets…
A dangerous ransomware virus was encountered by malware researchers last week, dubbed FenixLocker and using the .centrumfr@india.com!! file extension which it adds to files encrypted with AES encryption algorithm. Not only this, but the virus is also reported to leave…
Ransomware variation, associated with the e-mail centrumfr@india.com has been reported by malware researchers to use encryption to lock users out of their files and then leave a ransom note. The ransom note is named “Help to decrypt.txt” and it is…
A ransomware crypto-virus that calls itself Black Feather was recently found by the malware researcher Michael Gillespie. The virus is based on the popular HiddenTear open-source project and uses the AES encryption algorithm to lock files on a compromised computer.…
Onekit.com is the web address of software that apparently pushes advertisements and redirects. Thus, it is considered adware. The advertisements can show as pop-up boxes, banners or other ad types and can be very intrusive. On the site, there are…
SearchTechStart.com is the web domain for a browser hijacker redirect. When you make a search query, you get redirected to the search server of FindWide, which is another browser hijacker. Your searches will get filtered from it. SearchTechStart.com can switch…
A ransomware virus has been detected by the name of “Dev-Nightmare”. The virus uses the .2xx9 file extension after it performs a successful attack on a compromised computer and encrypts t’s files. The files, besides having the abovementioned file extension…
Play-bar.net is the web address of a browser hijacker redirect. When you do a search, you will get redirected to a few places. One of the places is the query service of SafeFinder, which is another browser hijacker program. Your…
