It is common that scammers send fraudulent emails to trick recipients into providing sensitive information (for example, credit card details, login credentials, social security numbers), transferring money. Typically, they pretend to be legitimate companies (for example, banks, couriers, telecommu
"NOTICE OF ACCOUNT CLOSURE FOR AUDIT" is the name of a malware-proliferating spam campaign. This term defines a mass-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. The letters distributed through this campaign - address the recipient as a supplier/service provider and reques
Ransomware is a type of malware that makes files inaccessible/unusable by encrypting them. It is common that ransomware not only encrypts files but also renames them. Additionally, it generates a ransom note. Sick ransomware was discovered by dnwls0719. It encrypts file and append the ".sick" ext
Discovered by malware researcher S!Ri, Venus is a ransomware-type program. It is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for the decryption. In other words, this malicious program locks files, thereby rendering them inaccessible and useless; afterwards, victims are asked to pay - to unlock th
Ytviewer is an adware-type browser extension. Following successful installation, this piece of rogue software runs intrusive advertisement campaigns. In other words, it delivers various misleading and even malicious ads. Furthermore, Ytviewer has data tracking abilities, which are used to spy on
It is highly advisable not to trust oundoutth[.]biz or websites it promotes. There are many sites like this on the Internet, for example, wholecommonposts[.]com, besty-deals[.]com, and n02[.]biz. Usually, users do not visit such sites on purpose. These pages get opened through deceptive advertise
Discovered by dnwls0719, Ducky is the name of a ransomware-type program. Systems infected with this malware experience data encryption and receive ransom demands for the decryption. In other words, this software renders files inaccessible, and victims are asked to pay - to recover access to their
Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents users from accessing their files and generates a ransom note. Very often, it modifies filenames of all encrypted files as well. Decryptmyfiles encrypts files and renames them by appending "decryptmyfiles.top", and victims ID as the the extension. For
Pplyforthe[.]biz is a rogue website designed to deliver questionable content and/or redirect visitors to other unreliable/malicious pages. The Internet is full of sites like pplyforthe[.]biz; ribngh.com, wholecommonposts.com, nipwaghue.com - are but a few examples. Users tend to access such webpa
Nitro is the name of a malicious program classified as ransomware. It operates by encrypting data (rendering affected files inaccessible) and demanding payment for the decryption (access recovery). As Nitro malware encrypts, files are appended with the ".givemenitro" extension. For example, a fil