You would think that a corporate giant such as Microsoft would deal with an ongoing issue in a gallant and user-friendly way. However, lately things appear to be more chaotic than gallant over at MS headquarters. And we have one…
Referrer spam mentioning the domain 1webmaster(.)ml has increased recently, security experts report. What is more, this particular type of spam is believed to be more sophisticated and persistent. The website 1websmaster(.)ml is reported to advertise spam bots and other software…
“EasySportsAccess.com” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, change the homepage, the new tab page and the search engine. The user may be redirected to websites containing potentially…
A new Referrer spam has become increasingly widespread over many URLs, such as the one going by the name of Get-Your-Social-Buttons(.)Info. The website itself posts a link with its domain redirecting the user who clicks on it on one of…
Data breaches happen more often than vendors would like to admit. One of the latest security breaches concerns a big management provider – Pearson VUE has suffered an intrusion followed by a malware attack on its Credential Manager System. Learn…
Microsoft is in the spotlight once again. SC Magazine UK has just reported that a problem concerning the Advanced Threat Protection module has been unveiled. The problem exists within the Safe Links component of the product. It allows malicious URLs…
WordPress-crew referrer spam is a type of spam aiming to drive hoax traffic to third-party websites. The site itself leads to a WordPress management service that is shady and does not have any privacy policies. This spam is mainly seen…
Have you switched to Windows 10 yet? Microsoft’s attempts to force its latest operating system on as many users as possible aren’t a secret. Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore even admitted it recently by claiming that core data collection…
There is a new referral spam redirect circling around the Web and messing with various websites and Google Analytics. It boosts the internet traffic of its affiliate websites by infecting as many targeted websites as possible. That is how the…
A very intrusive browser hijacker using the suspicious search engine, called s(. )coldsearch(.)com has been reported to slither onto user PCs to display interruptive advertisements. The questionable application is also believed to collect personal information and process it and may…
If you have become a victim of Ranksonic(.)biz’s referral spam it is important to take the necessary actions to cut the spam away from your website permanently. According to experts, this referral spam has been caught to cause a storm…
A toolbar going by the name Free Game Zone is actually a browser extension with over 2 million users, devloped by BANDOO MEDIA, INC. This particular extension is regarded as a PUA(Potentially Unwanted Application) and virus researchers outline it as…
For every Google Analytics user it is important to distinguish the internet traffic of a website – the real from the artificial one. There are computer programs designed to perform automatic tasks over the Internet, called Bots, which can generate…
Our first giveaway of a 100$ Amazon gift card came to an end last week on Thursday (Nov. 12th) and we have already selected the winner on a random basis – Dao Van Vuong from Japan. We are web security…
Several ransomware variants have been known to decrypt more and more user files lately. The ransomware itself and is also known as DecryptorMax or CryptInfinite. This devastating cyber-threat to user PCs has proven that it can be quite effective by…
A minor bug that enables anyone to manipulate the life events of any user has been just reported by the independent bug hunter Sachin Thakuri. Even though it’s not of technical or security nature, the bug can be blamed for…
Referral spam is one of the most annoying issues that website admins are dealing with. As we’ve already pointed out, we’re currently in the spam season. We’re about to add another spam URL to the list – site2400288.snip(.)to. Referral spam…
It is the season of referrer spam that affects statistics and annoys website publishers. Security experts have managed to identify that referral spam is in open season during the cold days of the year. Users and publishers both are strongly…
Аs we have said many times, encryption by ransomware is one of the top threats out there. SentinelOne may not be the only security firm trying to defeat criminally encrypted data but they are likely the first ones to release…
The intensity of malicious attacks that have applied exploit kits (EKs) has increased during the last couple of years. In fact, by having a look at quarter three of 2015, one will notice at once that the exploitation of exploit…
