Browser hijackers promote fake search engines by changing the settings of hijacked browsers. Direct Search promotes the search-direct.net address in this way. It also adds the "Managed by your organization" feature to Chrome browsers. This app is virtually identical to another browser hijacker ca
Povlsomware is a type of malware that makes files inaccessible by encryption and keeps them in this state until victims recover them with the decryption keys that can only be purchased from the attackers. Ransomware generally encrypts files and also renames them (appends its extension to their fi
Purple Fox (PurpleFox) is the name of a malware downloader, a malicious program that proliferates other programs of this type. This malware is used to infect systems with cryptocurrency mining programs. In any case, Purple Fox can cause serious damage and must be uninstalled immediately. A
Sharing many common traits with informistio.com, news-hot.xyz, ro01.biz, appzery.com, and countless others, filemix-1[.]com is a rogue website. Visitors to this page are presented with dubious material and/or are redirected to other untrusted and malicious sites. People usually access these web p
"We are Interested in buying your product" refers to a spam campaign, a large-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. Spam campaigns aim to gain and abuse the email recipients' trust through fake claims and emotional manipulation. The messages distributed through t
GlobalAdviseSearch is an adware-type application belonging to the AdLoad adware family. It is typically disguised as a fake Adobe Flash Player updater and operates by running intrusive advertisement campaigns. Additionally, this app might possess browser hijacker traits, such as promotion of fa
Typically, browser hijackers promote fake search engines by making changes to browser settings. In addition, they often collect details relating to users' browsing habits. Most users download and install browser hijackers inadvertently and, therefore, applications such as Nok App are classified a
In most cases, scammers behind email phishing scams attempt to trick recipients into providing personal information such as bank account numbers, credit card details, passwords and other sensitive details, which can then be misused for malicious purposes. In this particular case, scammers attempt
"Banca Popolare di Bari email scam" is the name of a spam campaign, a mass-scale operation during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. The emails distributed through this campaign are disguised as messages from Banca Popolare di Bari, a genuine Italian bank based in the Bari, Apulia regio
XcodeSpy malware targets Apple developers and spreads through malicious (trojanized) Xcode projects (Run Script feature in Xcode IDE). Research shows that one of these malicious Xcode projects (called TabBarInteraction) supposedly includes features for animating the iOS Tab Bar. It is likely th