The Get Windows 10 App has caused many users many headaches. Because of its aggressive Get Window 10 campaign, Microsoft has been in and out of controversies for quite some time. Fortunately, the company has decided to change the way…
GenieGamer(.)com is the website of the adware gaming platform GenieGamer. The site sends out adverts, mainly as pop-ups, and can redirect you to other similar websites. Every game hosted on the site contains a link to other gaming platforms. To…
Goliath and The Hall Of Ransom Malware researchers have identified a malware writing group, named Hall of Ransom in the deep web which was reported to sell Goliath and Locky ransomware to beginner users. This strategy is also known as…
If you’re a professional in any business area, there’s a big chance you have a LinkedIn account. So read carefully – LinkedIn has suffered a major data breach. The latter has apparently led to probable sale of sensitive information harvested…
A new variant of old ransomware, EnCiPhErEd is a part of the Xorist crypto family. The virus encrypts files on compromised systems leaving its name as a file extension to the encoded files. The ransomware has also been reported by…
If you’re a user of Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances (ASAs), you should probably have a look at their latest patches. The patches are addressing two separate issues, CVE-2016-1385, a flaw in the ASA XML parser, and CVE-2016-1379, a VPN block…
StartJoy(.)com is a download page and the main website for an adware and browser hijacker of the same name. A related extension is possible to exist too. Redirects and ads are produced by this adware. If installed, your browsers will…
A virus-encoder has been detected by malware researchers to pretend to be CryptoLocker Ransomware and encrypt the user files with .Z81928819 alpha numerical file extension. The ransomware is named Ghost Crypt by malware researchers who also report that it creates…
Shortly after Pornhub announced their Bug Bounty program, a gray hat hacker known as Revolver released claims that the website’s web server was compromised. Were his claims true or just a cry for attention? Let’s see. Read More about PH’s…
An interesting ransomware variant which is reported to have the .8lock8 extension after it encodes the files of the user asking for ransom money is detected out into the open. It copies the behavior of another ransomware known as HiddenTear…
FindFormsNow(.)com is a website that hosts an extension for a browser hijacker. The extension is of the same name. The site is considered an adware because it generates ads. The extension is a version of the related browser hijacker. This…
Bitdefender security researchers have discovered a clickbot, dubbed Redirector.Paco which has continuously abused companies’ Google advertising revenues. Cristina Vatamanu, Răzvan Benchea, and Alexandru Maximciuc have discovered that the botnet’s start of activity dates back to September 2014. Since then, over…
It appears that Ninja ransomware may be back and this time it uses ninja.gaiver@aol.com, kaligula.caesar@aol.com and seven_legion@india.com cyber-criminal addresses. The ransomware does not even use a ransom note, instead leaving the Ninja.Gaiver e-mail address on the files it encrypts. The…
Software products are not perfect and can be full of vulnerabilities, anti-virus software included. Bug hunters and white hats are usually the ones to disclose flaws in applications, and to notify the vendors so that a fix is implemented. If…
IceLotto(.)org is one of the websites of an online gambling platform called IceLotto. The site delivers advertisements, such as pop-ups, and might redirect you to other gambling sites. You can see such ads promoting IceLotto on other websites, as well…
A new rogue software which pretends to assist Windows users has been reported to affect computer systems and detect false positives, experts say. The software is considered to be potentially unwanted (or PUP) because it may significantly slow down your…
A suspicious web browser which is reported to be created on the basis of the Chromium project has been reported to roam around the web and be installed incognito on unsuspecting users. The web browser is most likely used by…
A ransomware crypto-virus called Crypren popped up a couple of days ago. The virus will lock files and append an extension .encrypted to all of them. The ransom money that Crypren demands is around 45 US dollars. To see how…
Vulnerabilities in Adobe’s Flash Player may seem trivial but yet they are among the flaws mostly leveraged by attackers. Perhaps that’s a reason good enough for Google to decide to make HTML5 the primary standard in Chrome. Only 10 white-listed…
Ransomware, called GNL Locker(German-Netherlands Locker) which uses the never seen before AES-512 encryption algorithm has been spotted out in the wild. The dangerous malware encrypts the user files adding a .locked file extension to them. After this, it has been…
