Have you been impatiently looking forward to Mr. Robot’s second season? Do you always have questions about the hacks that take place during the show? Are you often pausing to have a closer look at what’s written on that PC…
Have Gomaps.co redirect in your browsers? Gomaps.co is a suspicious domain as it can redirect and even trigger malicious actions in your browsers. Gomaps.co can push advertisements and redirects, but can also land you on a page with a malicious…
Apple followed Google and other notable software giants in creating their own Bug Bounty program. Apple Bug Bounty program provides security experts a way to make money by submitting information about vulnerabilities to Apple. Why Is Apple Joining the Bug…
Update! According to reports of users the Cerber2 ransomware doesn’t seem to seek for temporary files (.tmp). That makes possible for the recovery of some recent .doc and .xls files by just opening their .tmp counterpart files. The talking ransomware…
Printer Vulnerability – How Using a Printer Can Attract Threats Every home office or business uses printers in their daily work – if we are printing out an essay at home, or we are printing out a contract in the…
A Trojan which uses false Facebook messages to expose user data and account credentials has appeared, dubbed Zusy by ESG malware researchers. The Trojan has recently seen a rise in popularity, and it is widespread via spam pessages on Facebook.…
SosoDesktop or SoSoDesk is an advertised software that serves both as an adware and a browser hijacker. SosoDesktop(.)com is the official web domain for the unwanted program of the same name. From the website you can directly download the application,…
Today, most businesses run on laptops. Business users are often targeted by malware. One question that every business owner has to answer is how secure the laptops within their organization really are. According to CSO Online, every business should take…
Searchme(.)com is the search engine of a browser hijacker. The hijacker redirects you to a Yahoo’s search results page or that of another famous search engine. Searchme(.)com can modify the homepage, new tab and the search engine of all browser…
What Is Lamzap.exe? A newly identified adware variant, Lamzap, is causing widespread disruption by “attacking” user PCs with intrusive advertisements. This malicious software is known to generate numerous files and registry entries in the Windows Registry Editor, leading to lots…
The simultaneous greylisting of applications and removal of local admin rights works as the best protection against ransomware. This is the result of a study executed by CyberArk Labs, published in August 2016. The company tested more than 23 000…
GalacticaGames(.)com serves as a download page for a browser hijacker. The hijacker redirects you and pops a Yahoo page for search results. All of your search queries will go through the servers of another hijacker – SafeFinder. GalacticaGames(.)com changes a…
Esurf.biz is the main web address for a browser hijacker. The hijacker redirects you from its main page buttons and when you do a search. You can land on a Yahoo search results page or that of another reputable search…
A browser hijacker, associated with Istreal(.)link has started to raise its rank according to the latest Alexa statistics. This PUP(Potentially Unwanted Program) has been reported to cause numerous issues to users, by displaying advertisements and collecting various types of information…
Tracking is one of the serious privacy issues users are facing on a daily basis. If a party wants to get your personal information, it may get quite creative in the ways to obtain it. One of the most recent…
Ransomware, named VenusLocker, using AES-256 and RSA-2048 ciphers to encrypt files of infected computers has appeared in the wild, leaving the encoded objects with a .Venusf extension added to them. To purchase back their files, the users are given instructions…
BrowsingGuard(.)com is the domain of a supposed security software for browsing. The strange thing is that BrowsingGuard cannot be downloaded directly from the site. There are advertisements that the platform spreads if you have it installed and thus considered adware.…
DailyBestSearch(.)com is the main domain for the browser hijacker BestDaily Search. The hijacker redirects you and afterward lands you on a Bing search results page. All of your search queries will go through the SafeFinder, browser hijacker. DailyBestSearch(.)com can change…
One of the latest security-inspired actions Google has put into motion is moving its security prompts to smartphone notifications. Until now the security notifications were sent via email and SMS. Additionally, Google plans to increase the amounts paid to bug…
The PC optimizing(speed up) software segment is a very competitive one, especially with the ever-increasing number of computers appearing nowadays. Since a lot of users tend to either overburden their computers with useless software, cookies and other junk files, they…
