Froovr(.)com is the website of a gaming platform named Froovr. The site delivers advertisements when you browse or play games on it, which is why it is considered as adware. The adware can redirect you to websites that have online…
Prosperent(.)com is the site of an affiliate marketing platform called Prosperent. VigLink recently acquired it, which is a company providing similar services. Prosperent is considered as adware because it generates adverts which redirect you to other websites. They also gain…
Tor Browser 6.0 has just been released, and it’s now based on Firefox 45-ESR (Extended Support Release) and accordingly a better support for HTML5 is available. This release can be downloaded from Tor Project’s official page and also from their…
Update! Malware researchers from Kaspersky have updated their Rannoh Decryptor utility with decryption for the CryptXXX 3.0 ransomware family. Files should be fully decrypted with the help of that software. You can find its download page and instructions at: Kaspersky’s…
Bleep, .1999, .0x0, .fu*k – these are the file extensions used by the nasty Bitmessage ransomware virus that encrypts the files on the computers it infects and asks 2,5 BTC to decrypt them. After encryption, the files become unable to…
Do you remember the hacker going by the nickname Peace who recently offered for sale 117 million Linkedin credentials? The hacker is now doing the same with 65,469,298 million hashed and salted passwords, along with the email addresses, of Tumblr…
Myinfosearch(.)biz is a new potentially unwanted program (PUP) in the list of browser hijackers. Once it is on your system it may modify the settings of your browser. The homepage may be changed as well as the new tab page.…
GamerSafari(.)com is a website of an adware gaming platform called GamerSafari. The site is spreading advertisements when you browse, mainly as pop-up ones. The adware could redirect you to similar websites. Each game found on the website has a link…
Ransomware doesn’t sleep. Another crypto virus, Green_Ray ransomware, has been “introduced” to users, encrypting their files and demanding a payment for their decryption. Green_Ray has been reported to use asymmetric encryption (a public and a private key). The ransomware appends…
On the left – original Sberbank of Russia app, on the right – fake app; Image Source: TrendMicro Fanta SDK is one of the latest malicious threats aimed at Android users. This particular malware is pretty good at protecting itself…
Latest Update! Malware researchers from Kaspersky have updated their Rannoh Decryptor utility with decryption for the CryptXXX 3.0 ransomware family. Files should be fully decrypted with the help of that software. You can find its download page and instructions at:…
We are in the midst of multiple data breaches and passwords being dumped on the Dark Web, as more popular websites become victims to such incidents. It’s only good when a company decides to take things in their own hands…
A rather strong wave of old malware is resurfacing the Web. In this article we will analyze the Bayrob Trojan (Win32/Bayrob, Trojan.Bayrob!gen8, Trojan.Bayrob) which hasn’t been active for at least 9 years. The threat has been updated and set on…
The Jigsaw ransomware is back again with a fresh variant. The theme of this variant is the Invisible Empire art exhibit made by Juha Arvid Helminen. The ransomware is called Invisible Empire and named after the exhibition. This crypto-virus encrypts…
Another ransomware crypto-virus using an AOL email address has attacked unsuspecting users. The ransomware has been dubbed JohnyCryptor because that’s the name used for the email and correspondingly as the extension for encrypted files. The virus locks files and leaves…
Have you heard of the lawsuit between Google and Oracle? Filed several years ago, the lawsuit Oracle America, Inc. v. Google, Inc. has now been resolved, in Google’s favor. A jury in California’s Northern District federal court just declared that…
The “hidden tear” project has brought yet another ransomware. It is named Strictor and it is also known as BankAccountSummary ransomware which wants 500$ from infected users to get the files encrypted by it back at their disposal. The ransomware…
If you’re an Android user, you should be extra careful since another dangerous malware, a banking Trojan, is currently targeting the operating system. McAfee researchers have called the threat SpyLocker. SpyLocker displays phishing pop-up windows with credential prompts addressed at…
A very dangerous RAT(Remote Access Trojan) has been reported to have capabilities to hold the computers of its victims for ransom. The Trojan has been reported to be spread primarily in North America and the UK. It has been the…
Security researchers at Dr.Web have reported a new Trojan, dubbed BackDoor.TeamViewer.49. According to the security firm, the threat is designed to install TeamViewer on targeted systems. Why is BackDoor.TeamViewer.49 doing that? To transmit web traffic to specific servers through using…
