"Romanian Post email virus" is the name of a malware-proliferating spam campaign - a large-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. The letters distributed through this campaign - are disguised as notifications from the national Romanian Post (Poșta Română) and targe
Scammers behind this phishing campaign use email to trick users into providing personal information. They send emails offering users to participate in a fake survey and get a certain prize in return. After completing a survey, visitors are asked to enter personal information to claim their "rewar
Worldlifestylez[.]com is a rogue website, visitors to which are presented with questionable content and/or get redirected to other untrustworthy and malicious sites. Users tend to access such pages inadvertently. Most get redirected to them by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwa
Ransomware is a form of malware that infects computers to block access to files by encrypting them. Usually, ransomware encrypts files, modifies their filenames, and generates a ransom note. Lookfornewitguy belongs to the Phobos ransomware family. It renames files by appending the victim's ID, IC
"Instagram Password Hacker" is a scam run on various deceptive websites. This scheme is presented as a hacking service allowing users to steal Instagram social media accounts by entering their usernames. The aim of "Instagram Password Hacker" is to promote untrustworthy and malicious sites, namel
It is common that scammers use fake online surveys to trick unsuspecting visitors into providing personal or financial information. They use provided information to commit identity theft, sell it to third parties, or monetize it in some other way. It is important to mention that scammers behind t
Discovered by Petrovic, Kfuald is a malicious program classified as ransomware. It operates by encrypting data (rendering files inaccessible/useless) and making ransom demands for the decryption (access/use recovery). During the encryption process, affected files are appended with the ".kfuald" e
"This is not a formal email" is the name of a scam campaign - a large-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. This campaign uses the sextortion scam model. In other words, the letter sender proclaims to have made an explicit, compromising video of the recipient - and t
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that prevents victims from using their files by encrypting them. Usually, victims cannot decrypt their files without the right decryption tool. Ransomware generates a ransom note with instructions on how to purchase that tool. It is very common that malw
UltraWebFormat is a piece of rogue software categorized as a browser hijacker. It operates by promoting (causing redirects to) the search.7ax6.com fake search engine - by making changes to browser settings. Additionally, UltraWebFormat adds the "Managed by your organization" feature to Google C