Ares is the name of a banking Trojan, a new variant of Kronos. Usually, malware of this type targets login credentials (e.g., usernames, email addresses, passwords), bank account numbers, credit card information, and other financial information. Research shows that Ares is designed to download an
MailRU is a malicious program, which is part of the Xorist ransomware family. It is designed to encrypt data (render files inaccessible/unusable) and demand payment for decryption (access recovery). When this ransomware encrypts, filenames of affected files are appended with the ".MailRU" extensi
Cactus Search is rogue software classified as a browser hijacker. It operates by promoting the cactus-search.com fake search engine through modification of browser settings. Furthermore, Cactus Search has data tracking capabilities, which are employed to monitor users' browsing habits. Since brow
essingto[.]online is similar to bemasx[.]com, mycoolnewz[.]com, private-message[.]live, and many other pages of this kind. Most display dubious content and promote other untrusted sites. Users do not often visit these rogue sites intentionally - they are opened by clicking deceptive advertisement
Discovered by malware researcher S!Ri, Wintenzz is a ransomware-type program. It operates by encrypting files (rendering them inaccessible) and demanding payment for the decryption (access recovery). During the encryption process, the filenames of affected files are appended with the ".wintenzz"
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts files (rendering them inaccessible). The attackers demand ransoms to restore access to victims' data. Siliconegun encrypts files and modifies their filenames by appending ".siliconegun@tutanota.com" as the file extension. For example, "1.jpg" is renam
bemasx[.]com is a rogue website sharing many similarities with mycoolnewz.com, private-message.live, yourdeliv.online, and thousands of others. Visitors to this page are presented with dubious content and/or are redirected to various untrusted or malicious sites. Web pages of this kind are seldom
Adware refers to a type of unwanted software that displays advertisements. Mie Player (also known as Lumia Player) is also classified as adware. It is likely that this app generates advertisements and collects browsing-related (or other) information. Note that many users download and install adwa
"cPanel email scam" refers to a phishing spam campaign, a large-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. These email messages are disguised as notifications from the cPanel company, developers of web hosting control panel software of the same name. At the time of resea
"Monthly Email Validation" is the name of a phishing spam campaign. This term defines a large-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. These scam messages claim that certain functions of recipients' email accounts are unavailable due to it failing the "monthly validity