After a security breach of VerticalScope, 45 million accounts have been hacked. Passwords, usernames, IP addresses and emails from over a thousand sites and forums have been stolen. It’s still unknown who carried out the attack. VerticalScope is a Toronto-based…
Sweep Clean PC Pro is advertised as a computer optimization software, but it is a clever tech support scam. 1-888-243-3533 is a phone number the program leaves on a compromised PC’s screen. The criminals behind the scam could also call…
A ransomware virus is known by the name DEDCryptor adding the .ded (grandpa in Russian) file extension to encrypted files. The encryptor then changes the wallpaper of users to a message notifying users their files are enciphered. The message features…
In a world of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, smartphones and the FBI, no one is really anonymous. Your social media addiction, along with your personally identifiable information stored in various databases around the world, has exposed you to the risk of…
An unwanted program which assumes partial control of most notoriously used web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer has been reported to set Navsmart(.)info as home page and a new tab web page by default. The…
OzipCompression(.)com is a site spreading a browser hijacker. The company that has developed it is Zoekyu Technology, which is situated in Hong Kong. You can see a direct download button for the software on the hijacker’s main website page. The…
A virus-encoding program also known as ransomware, called ToxCrypt is continuing to spread its malicious data across the web. This virus aims to scare infected users into paying the ransom by resembling a toxic menace and using a strong AES…
Search.searcheeh.com is the search engine of the browser hijacker Email Enhanced. The hijacker developed by the notorious SaferBrowser company takes control of your browsers. The new tab, home page, and the search engine among others can be the changed settings…
A notorious ransomware, known by the name keyholder has started to spread again, reports on forums indicated. It carries the symbolical name KeyHolder and uses a XOR cipher to encrypt various files of encrypted users’ computers. Not only this, but…
New ransomware variant, whose name was chosen by its creators to be “Apocalypse” has emerged out into the open. The ransomware also known as a crypto-virus uses either RSA or AES cipher to encrypt the files of the computers it…
A ransomware referring to itself as RAA and RAA SEP is running in the wild. What makes it unique is that it comes along with the Pony Infostealer Trojan and is written entirely in Javascript. The ransomware encrypts files with…
Not only your personal computer and smartphone are prone to ransomware attacks. TrendMicro researchers just unveiled that your Android TV is also exposed to the risk of being locked and becoming unusable until a ransom is paid. The threat, dubbed…
Ransomware which is associated with the .7h9r file extension has been reported to affect users on a massive scale. The ransomware uses an extremely strong file encryption to encode the files of infected users. In addition to that, 7h9r leaves…
PlusNetwork.com is the main site page of a browser hijacker. As part of the Plus! Network, you can also witness advertisements and redirects to the rogue anti-malware program ReImage Plus. You can find a download link for that program on…
LinkedIn is making the headlines once again: Microsoft has just announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn for $26 billion, $196 per share. The social network for professionals has 433 million users, and this means that Microsoft is getting hold of…
We all know about the dangers of torrents and pirated software, but nonetheless, there are still successful malicious campaigns based on popular torrent websites [and lesser educated users]. Such a campaign was just spotted by Symantec [who just acquired Blue…
Takahiro Locker is the name of a ransomware, which has its ransom message written in Japanese. Despite that, Japanese users might not be the only ones targeted. The ransomware seeks to encrypt files with a small number of extensions, but…
A heavily advertising browser extension on Google Chrome has been reported on Reddit and other web forums. The extension is named ZenMate free VPN, and it is believed to be installed along with other setups. The pop-ups caused by the…
The family of Crysis ransomware viruses is able to encode files on different drives as well as external devices. The virus uses an extremely powerful combination of three ciphers to encrypt data – AES, RSA key to lock the AES…
Data breaches are [currently and generally] a major privacy issue, and that’s why we decided to ask you, our readers, how you feel about your credentials being exposed to exploits. The worst part is that the knowledge of data incidents…
