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OperativeDevice Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

OperativeDevice Adware (Mac)

OperativeDevice is dubious software categorized as adware. It also has browser hijacker traits. It operates by delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns and making alterations to browser settings to promote fake search engines. OperativeDevice promotes 0yrvtrh.com and the search.adjustablesam

SkilledOrigin Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

SkilledOrigin Adware (Mac)

SkilledOrigin is a potentially unwanted application (PUA), which serves advertisements and collects sensitive information. SkilledOrigin is categorized as a PUA, since users often download and install this type of adware inadvertently. Note that this app might also be designed to promote a fake

WinkiSearch Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

WinkiSearch Browser Hijacker

The WinkiSearch browser hijacker promotes winki-search.com (a fake search engine) by changing certain browser settings. It also gathers browsing-related information. Note that users often download and install browser hijackers inadvertently and, for this reason, they are classified as potentially

Mol.biz Ads
Notification Spam

Mol.biz Ads

mol[.]biz websites (similar variations include mol1[.]biz, mol2[.]biz, mol3[.]biz, etc.) are designed to promote (open) untrusted web pages or display dubious content. There are many websites of this type, including, for example, hipermovies[.]icu, gdanstum[.]net and vviewpoint[.]biz. Note that m

Xerox Scanned Document Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Xerox Scanned Document Email Scam

"Xerox Scanned Document Email Scam" refers to a phishing spam email campaign. The term "spam campaign" is used to describe a mass-scale operation, during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. The messages distributed through this spam campaign claim that recipients have received a scanned

Babax Stealer
Trojan

Babax Stealer

Babax (also known as Osno) is an information stealer targeting login credentials (usernames, emails, passwords) saved on web browsers. Cyber criminals use this malware to steal sensitive information, which could be misused to generate revenue. Research shows that Babax infects computers through ot

HoudRat Malware
Trojan

HoudRat Malware

HoudRat is malware written in AutoIt and is classified as a worm and a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). It spreads through removable media (such as USB drives) and can be used by cyber criminals to execute various commands, log keystrokes, take screenshots, steal passwords, download files, and perform

BitRAT Malware
Trojan

BitRAT Malware

BitRAT is a malicious program, classified as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). Malware of this type enables remote access and control over an infected machine. RATs have a wide variety of dangerous functionality. While BitRAT is by far not the most sophisticated piece of malicious software available,

Morseop Ransomware
Ransomware

Morseop Ransomware

Discovered by GrujaRS, Morseop ransomware is designed to encrypt files, modify their filenames and create a ransom message. It renames files by appending ".morseop-[random_string]" to their filenames. For example, it would rename a file called "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.morseop-7j9wrqr", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg

Hipermovies.icu Ads
Notification Spam

Hipermovies.icu Ads

hipermovies[.]icu is an untrusted site designed to present visitors with dubious content and/or redirect them to other bogus and possibly malicious web pages. This website shares similarities with gdanstum.net, vviewpoint.biz, pushwinning.com, admnsrv.com and many others. Few visitors to these we