A ransomware called Salam! emerged recently. At first, it infected people from Lithuania, but now it has started to spread. The ransom asks a payment of one Bitcoin within the first 24 hours after encryption. Each day the ransom is…
Max Driver Updater is a driver utility software which has been reported as a risky program which displays various third-party advertisements. This PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is strongly believed to collect different information and modify web browsers such as Google…
Image Source: Pexels.com Can you imagine your life without Google? Perhaps you can, perhaps you can’t. And perhaps it depends on whether you were born before or after Google was introduced to the world. Nonetheless, the truth is we use…
A new file-less malware has been spotted to send out approximately 2000 spam e-mails per week to users. The malware does not have any files, but instead it spreads via infected Microsoft Office macros. All users who have been affected…
Trustedsurf(.)com is a page of a browser hijacker. It commonly uses automatic redirects to Snap(.)do, if you don’t use the search service. Everything you type is redirected to that search engine. Both hijackers are connected to Resoft. To remove the…
A tool for data recovery, MiniTool Power Data Recovery by MiniTool Solution Ltd, is created to assist users in lost partition, lost drive and deleted file recovery. There are several extra features added to the light program. One of those…
A new worm has been detected in the wild. The cyber-threat has been reported to replicate via infected USB drives from the computers it has affected through malicious URLs. It locks the screen of the user displaying a ransom message…
Search.lunaticake(.)com is the search page of a browser hijacker called Lunaticake. To remove everything related, you should carefully read this article. Lunaticake can change the homepage, new tab and search engine of browsers. Redirects are not excluded. Search results might…
A new browser hijacker, part of the utop(.)it hijacker family has been detected to change users’ web browser settings. The software has been repeatedly reported to display advertisements, redirect to third-party websites and suspicious URLs. All users who have witnessed…
MacX HD Video Converter Pro for Windows (version 5.9.4) is an advanced tool for video conversion with an intuitive interface and great ease of use. A version for Mac users is also available. In both of its versions, MacX HD…
A new worm has been reported by security experts to spread across portable drives. It is named Woniore, and the worm uses conventional tactics to infect user PCs. The damage which the worm can do to users can often vary…
A new browser hijacker associated with a suspicious search engine, known as slightsearch(.)ru has been reported to intrude users with advertisements. The browser hijacker is also reported to perform other activities such as redirect users to third-party websites and collect…
Ransomware keeps gaining popularity and with it, the copycat variants also increase. One of those variants Is called Zeta. It creates several malicious files after which it encrypts the data on the compromised computer appending a custom extension ending in…
Apparently, Trump supporters are being targeted by – well – Trump ransomware. Cyber criminals behind ransomware threats aim at variety of victims – both domestic users and enterprises. For a first time, however, we have discovered a politically biased ransomware…
Hohosearch(.)com is the main page of a browser hijacker. To remove it with all of its files, you should read this article carefully. The hijacker can change the homepage, new tab and search engine of most browsers. You might be…
What Is a Brute Force Attack? Brute force attacks may sound like something very complicated but they are easy to explain and understand. However, the protection against them is not as easy to achieve. In the language of cyber security,…
Malware attacks are on the rise and as CRO of F-Secure Mikko Hypponen said on Ted talks – “It is no longer a war against our computers, it is now a war against our lives.” To better protect ourselves from…
Ransomware keeps growing in popularity amongst cyber-criminals since it has proven its effectiveness using military grade encryption to extort users on a daily basis. One of the newest ciphering malware which has been discovered encrypts the user files with a…
Image Source: www.gotcredit.com Today is World Backup Day. So, why is it so important to backup your files? Let’s see: The cat jumps on your desk and walks by the lap top spilling the coffee on your keyboard – as…
Websites using the Magento platform have been hit by ransomware. Once infected, the sites are deemed unusable. The ransomware is called KimcilWare and encrypts webserver files. After encryption, it adds its index file on victim servers that can be viewed…
