Commonly, email phishing scams appear as official messages and include a website link whereby recipients are asked to provide sensitive information, such as login credentials (usernames, email addresses, passwords) for various accounts, credit card details, bank account numbers, social security nu
AdBlock Stream is advertised as an app that blocks ads, improves browser performance, and protects online privacy and security. In fact, this app does the opposite: it functions as adware and serves advertisements. It also reads data from websites that users visit. Typically, people download and i
Generally, apps such as IncognitoSearchIt (browser hijackers) modify browser settings and redirect users to the address of a specific fake search engine. This particular app promotes incognitosearchit.com. It is likely that it also collects data relating to users' browsing activities. Frequently,
allbestsecureeu[.]com is a deceptive website running various scams. At the time of research, the site promoted three variants of a scam claiming that visitors must either download/install or update Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. This type of scheme is used to endorse various untrusted a
Oct was discovered by S!Ri. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts files and prevents victims from accessing them unless ransoms are paid. In most cases, ransomware renames encrypted files and generates ransom messages. Oct renames encrypted files by appending the ".oct" extension to filena
SearchUp is a rogue application belonging to the Pirrit adware family. Following successful infiltration, it runs intrusive advertisement campaigns. I.e., this app delivers various misleading and possibly dangerous ads. SearchUp also has data tracking capabilities that are used to collect system
Commonly, websites such as peachlandeu[.]com trick visitors into believing that their devices are infected with viruses and installing potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), which supposedly remove the viruses (or other threats). In summary, these web pages use deceptive tactics to promote P
TopicLookup is promoted as a legitimate tool (app), however, it is categorized as a potentially unwanted application (PUA), an adware-type app that deploys intrusive advertisements. Additionally, these apps often gather information - usually relating to users' browsing habits. Adware is a
Belonging to the Matrix ransomware family, FRFO is designed to encrypt and rename victims' files and create the "FRFO_INFO.rtf" file (ransom message) in all folders that contain encrypted files. This ransomware renames files by replacing their filenames with the fridafarko@yahoo.com email address,
GeneralChannelSearch is an adware-type application with browser hijacker characteristics. Following successful infiltration, it runs intrusive advertisement campaigns and modifies browser settings to promote fake search engines. In addition, most adware and browser hijackers collect browsing-rel