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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim
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Update September 2019. Varenyky is a dangerous Trojan with spyware functionalities which also operates as a spambot. Security researchers believe that the Varenyky spambot is currently under heavy development meaning that it is going to evolve. At the heart of…
Netpanel Study affects your browser. Netpanel Study is spyware, that will get inside your PC and stay silent. Netpanel Study can also tamper with searches Netpanel Study is a spyware that will not only redirect to URLs of websites containing…
According to a brand new research, Facebook has been leveraged for years to spread Trojans in the likes of Houdini, Remcos, and Spynote. All of the threats allow remote access and could spy on users’ activities. Check Point researchers revealed…
Scranos is the name of a new rootkit-enabled spyware which despite its current sophistication appears to be “work-in-progress”. Bitdefender researchers recently discovered that the operators of Scranos are continuously testing new components on already-infected users and regularly making minor improvement…
A new highly sophisticated APT framework used for spying purposes was recently uncovered by security researchers. The malicious framework has been in operation for at least 5 years but it’s the first time it’s been detected. The framework has been…
What are .AnubisCrypt files? What is .AnubisCrypt ransomware? How to remove .AnubisCrypt ransomware from Android? How to try and get back .AnubisCrypt files? Yet another ransomware virus for Android devices is here, appending the .AnubisCrypt file extension. The ransomware has…
The STOP ransomware family has been circling the web for a few months now, successfully infecting victims and encrypting their files. In addition to the encryption capabilities, the ransomware is now able to install a particular password stealing Trojan known…
This article has been created in order to best explain what is the Gen:Variant.Symmi virus and provide you with the necessary methods on how to remove it completely from your computer. A Trojan horse, that opens up a back door…
Motherboard recently reported that a company [Family Orbit] that is selling spyware to parents to keep track of their children has been hacked. As a result, the pictures of hundreds of monitored children were leaked online, protected only by an…
AZORult is an information stealer and downloader designed to harvest various sensitive details from the systems it compromises. The malware was first identified in 2016 when it was distributed as a part of an infection with Chthonic banking Trojan. Soon…
Blackgear is a previously detected cyber espionage campaign that dates back to 2008. The malware has been known to target organizations in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with the targets primarily being public sector agencies and high-tech companies. According to…
The Stylish extension used by many Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome users has been removed from their plugin repositories due to security concerns. A dangerous privacy leak has been exposed by a blogger which reported that the plugin reports private…
A previously unknown piece of complex malware with spying capabilities was recently discovered by researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET. The spyware is dubbed InvisiMole and is regarded as an advanced cyber espionage tool most likely designed for attacks on nation-state…
A string of new spyware has been detected by security researchers. Dubbed Dark Caracal, the campaigns seem to be operating out of a government building in Lebanon. The campaigns have attacked thousands of victims in at least 21 countries. The…
Researchers recently came across a piece of Trojan that deserves lots of attention due to its highly sophisticated spying capabilities. The Trojan is named Skygofree, after one of the domains it used, and its target is Android. Skygofree was discovered…
