Besides ransomware, this month has seen some older banking Trojans equipped with new variants as well as completely new pieces. The latest banking Trojan that has been lurking around uses Microsoft PowerShell to change the victim’s PC local proxy settings…
Alma Locker virus is a recent ransomware discovered by a malware researcher from Proofpoint security. The researcher has found that the virus spreads via the RIG Exploit Kit. The ransomware encrypts nearly 90 file types. Victims have five days to…
Media-fire.org is a redirect that leads to the domain of an online streaming platform for movies. The redirect address pushes advertisements for VideoStripe. Because of all adverts and constant redirecting, this address is considered as adware. To remove all advertisements…
Crypto-viruses are an increasing menace that aims to turn your day the other way around, making you pay to cyber-criminals for keys that were encrypted. And what is worse is that cyber-crooks constantly keep developing new and more sophisticated ways…
“You can’t stop things like Bitcoin. It will be everywhere and the world will have to readjust. World governments will have to readjust” – John McAfee, Founder of McAfee The symbiotic relationship between Bitcoin and ransomware has sparked heated debates,…
MyStartPage1.ru is the search engine and main domain for a browser hijacker redirect. The hijacker has a logo which resembles the one of Google, as every letter is colored similarly. Nonetheless, the hijacker redirects to a custom Google Search results…
Android is yet again being targeted by malware, this time by an updated version of a previously known Trojan. The Marcher Android Trojan has been recently upgraded and now it can show fake login screens. The Trojan is doing so…
Users have begun to increasingly complain about a browser hijacker that changes the home and hew tab page to Startgo123.com – a suspicious search engine that may display different types of adverts and even causes browser redirects to computers that…
A ransomware virus has been spotted to attack primarily Czech speaking users, according to malware researchers. It is dubbed Czech ransomware and uses the ??? file extension which it appends to the files encrypted by it. The affected files by…
DetoxCrypto ransomware is another Pokémon themed crypto-virus, which appeared just a day ago. This ransomware seeks to encrypt sixty file extension types and gives victims a period of only three days to pay up. The ransom price that is asked…
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…
BrowserHunt.com is a fake search engine and the primary domain of a browser hijacker. The hijacker redirects you when you try to do a search from its search pages. The redirect will send you to a search results page that…
MountainBrowse(.)com is the web address for a browser hijacker that goes by the same name. The hijacker can redirect you, which usually happens when you do a search. You will end up on the search results page of SafeFinder, which…
Mr. Robot TV series has become the inspiration for malware writers to create a ransomware, called Fsociety. The virus aims to imitate a fictional hacking group from the famous TV series, just like Anonymous is. As much as we enjoy…
DatingSmith(.)com is the primary domain for a dating service. It is considered an adware, because of all the advertisements that are pushed by the website, its software and related services. An SMS service is involved, as well. You will be…
A remote access Trojan family dubbed Aveo, that targets primarily Japanese speaking users has been reported by malware researchers to cause infections on a massive scale. This type of Trojans is particularly dangerous since it can gain complete remote control…
MyLucky123(.)com is a search engine and main domain for a browser hijacker called My Lucky. The hijacker imitates the classic Google logo with each letter colored specifically and redirects to Google. But it is not in any way related to…
A suspicious software called iMesh and other unwanted programs have been reported to be associated with the search engine Search.iMesh.net. This potentially unwanted program (PUP) sets the search engine of the web browsers of the user PC it is installed…
A browser hijacker associated with the suspicious search engine Startmain.ru has been reported to affect users on a massive scale. The hijacker may have raised the popularity of the web page with bundled downloads. Since it contains the .ru domain,…
A new HiddenTear crypto-virus variant, named Korean ransomware, was discovered in the wild. Its ransom note is written in Korean, thus it is believed to be mainly targeting Korea, but it is not excluded for other users across the globe…
