GamesFlight(.)com is a website for an online gaming platform GamesFlight. The site distributes advertisements, such as pop-ups, and might redirect you to other related sites when browsing. Not only that you can see ads for this site on other web…
WhatsApp’s recent adoption of end-to-end encryption was a big deal in the cyber security community. However, a research conducted by Positive Technologies reveals that the end-to-end encryption in services such as WhatsApp and Telegram is vulnerable. More specific, researchers have…
The software is also known as DBAN and is oriented into those who want to completely wipe their hard drive, solid drive or any other drive on their computer completely so that it is as clean as the day it…
Error #268D3 is an error code message that is shown on certain websites. 1-855-712-8551 is the main phone number for this tech support scam. The people behind the fake tech support team could call you from that number or another…
Petya ransomware now spreads with a copy of itself – Mischa. Petya, as before, asks for admin privileges to encrypt the MBR, but now if that fails, Mischa ransomware is loaded, which encrypts files on the infected PC. Considering how…
Being cyber-educated is more important than ever. Let’s put it this way. The less you know about the dangers of cyber space, the more susceptible you become to malicious attacks. And vice versa, the more acquainted you are with attackers’…
A search engine, pretending to be Google has been reported to have associations with a browser hijacker. The hijacker also known as PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is reported to heavily advertise content to users, collect different user information. In addition…
CVE-2016-0167, a zero-day exploit addressed in April’s Patch Tuesday, has apparently been leveraged by attackers, FireEye research reveals. Cyber criminals have exploited the vulnerability in targeted attacks on more than 100 US companies. FireEye’s blog post on the matter discloses…
The CryptoHitman ransomware has a new variant. Now it bears the name CryptoHitman, but its core is more or less the same. Instead of showing the puppet used in the “Saw” movies, the ransomware’s theme now is the Hitman character…
Many big companies and vendors have bug bounty programs which encourage independent researchers in locating and disclosing vulnerabilities. Pornhub has just joined the bug bounty initiative, as it just launched a program on HackerOne’s platform, which aims to protect and…
You’re most likely familiar with 7-Zip, the open-source file archiving application that offers optional AES-256 encryption, support for large files, and the capacity to use all kinds of compression, conversion and encryption methods. The app is also suitable for Windows…
TvNewTab(.)com is a website that both hosts an extension for a browser or redirects to one. The extension is of the same name but is sometimes referred to as TvNewTab(Plus). Redirects and adverts are generated by this adware that also…
TrendingUpNow(.)com is a website that is heavily advertised. On top of that, the site itself offers an adware of the same name. The adware will display advertisements, like pop-ups, and you will get redirected when browsing. A program and a…
If you’re a daily reader of IT security and tech news, you have a good idea of phishing and spear phishing attacks. Nonetheless, even if you’re perfectly acquainted with these widely deployed social engineering schemes, you should be on the…
What Is GPCODE Ransomware? Users report activity by ransomware known as GPCODE. This particular virus uses a combination of a very strong encryption ciphers – RSA and AES, both used by the government to hide top secret files. Not only…
Microsoft has just released its security updates for May 2016. And they’re quite major! Two zero-days vulnerabilities have been disclosed, and they’re both crucial – one in Windows, and one in Adobe’s Flash Player. Security experts warn that the Windows…
A suspicious browser add-on known as Hoopla Search has been reported by malware researchers and affected users all over the web to have a rogue behavior and heavily advertise third-party content. The web browsers that can be reportedly affected by…
A week or so ago, researchers from Proofpoint uncovered their findings of a ransomware they named MM Locker. The ransomware encrypts files with the .locked extension. Rumor has it that some of the infections are caused by crack executables for…
The CryptXXX malware writers have designed a new version which has been reported to contain several drastic improvements in encrypting the files of unsuspecting victims. The ransomware encrypts users’ files after which locks the screen with the ransom message. This…
Attacks by a ransomware discovered in April that is reportedly associated with Russia, carrying the name Enigma, have been reported to be rapidly rising. This nasty cyber threat encrypts the files of users using a strong AES encryption algorithm after…
