The developers of the CryptXXX made $45,000 worth of Bitcoins in just one of their accounts since the ransomware resurfaced with new encryption a few weeks ago. As of now, this new version is still locked. Users should be extra…
Ransomware virus authors are restless when it comes to inventing new ways to extort victims for money. One of the more original new crypto viruses, dubbed MIRCOP, employs a rather unusual method to make the victim pay. The ransomware claims…
A file encryption virus believed to be originating from Bosnia, named Satana is reported to use a mixture of strong AES plus RSA encryption ciphers to encode files of unsuspecting victims appending the Gricakova extension. The virus demands the approximate…
Search.yourvidconverter(.)com is the search engine of the browser hijacker Your Vid Converter. This hijacker is developed by SaferBrowser – a company that is famous for creating such software. The new tab, home page, and the search engine are settings which…
The group OurMIne hacks yet another CEO of a juggernaut company. This time, the victim is Google’s Sundar Pichai. He’s the third Silicon Valley executive that was hacked by the group since last month. Facebook creator Mark Zuckerburg and Twitter’s…
Ransomware variant which demands 3 BTC to unlock .bart.zip encrypted files has been reported to be a serious cause of concern by experts. They have dubbed this malware with the nickname Bart and confirmed that it uses malicious JavaScript attacks…
It’s always good news when a prevalent malicious threat is taken down. However, cyber criminals quickly regroup and as a result, new ones appear on the threat landscape. Nuclear EK Exits the Malware-as-a-Service Market Exploit kits have been a major…
Banking Trojans and ransomware are the top financial cyber threats, currently putting millions of users at risk. Besides the emergence of brand new threats, security researchers also observe already known and detected ones reemerging with updated code and capabilities. Retefe…
What Is Fake Google Update? The Fake Google Update is a virus located in “C:\ProgramData\Google\update\GoogleUpdate.exe”. It’s disguised to look like legitimate Google update, which can lead to unwitting installation if the user isn’t careful. Once installed, the virus spams ads…
A ransomware with the name KratosCrypt is currently running in the wild. The extension the ransomware appends to encrypted files is .kratos and creates a file with instructions. The ransom price it demands as payment is 0.03 Bitcoins or around…
TowerWeb is a modern ransomware variant that encrypts the files on infected computers, asking the approximate sum of 100 US dollars for decryption of the files. The virus uses a very strong cipher which denies access to the files after…
Trotux(.)com is the main web page of a search engine, considered a browser hijacker. The hijacker could modify settings of browsers, such as the homepage, the search engine or the new tab page. Some toolbar or extension might be present…
Necurs is once again a threat to Web security. After a pause that continued for a few three weeks, the malware is back. The botnet has millions of units at its disposal and is one of (if not the) the…
Remember those times when using the Internet and (owning a personal computer) was a luxury? Those times were much safer, weren’t they? The more we become dependent on the Web, the more we expose ourselves to various security- and privacy-related…
Yet another ad-supported browser extension, created by the notorious Mindspark has started displaying advertisements to affected users. The software has been regarded as indirectly dangerous and ad-supported, and its side effects vary from simple slowing down of the affected computer…
TapBreaker(.)com is the official web address of an online gaming platform called TapBreaker. You can find games on the website, and any of them can have an advertisement in their load screens. This website is considered adware. Lots of ads…
Another ransomware has started attacking users, encoding their important documents with a strong cipher. Its name is SecureCryptor, and it can be recognized by its distinctive file extension -.SecureCrypted. SecureCryptor ransomware uses a powerful encryption to cipher files of users,…
ArcadeLoot(.)com is the official web domain of an online gaming platform named ArcadeLoot. You can find various games on the site, and most of them have some advertisement upon loading and not only. The website is considered adware. A big…
Ransomware, specifically designed to scramble e-mails of the Zimbra mail servers it attacks. It is known as Zimbra Ransomware and has been reported to be associated with several different ransomare variants which use the very same .CRYPTO file extension. Zimbra…
A giant botnet operation created 3 million fake Twitter accounts in a single day, April 17, 2014! There are two other botnets with 100,000 bots each. The bots were probably created for sale or rent as fake Twitter followers. Some…
