"Electronic materials involving underage children" is presented as an email from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding an international paedophile case. The main purpose of this email is to trick recipients into believing that they are one of the suspects and that some of their personal
H-WORM is a remote access tool (RAT) developed using VBScript. Research shows that this trojan was developed by a criminal who goes by the name of 'Houdini'. H-WORM is mainly distributed using spam email campaigns and has a USB distribution function implemented, however, at time of research, this
First discovered by malware security researcher, Jakub Kroustek, Azero is yet another ransomware infection that belongs to the Dharma malware family. As with other variants of Dharma, Azero encrypts stored files and appends filenames with the ".azero" extension plus the cyber criminal's email addr
First discovered by malware security researcher, Jakub Kroustek, ETH is a new variant of a high-risk ransomware infection called Dharma. After successful infiltration, ETH encrypts most stored files and appends filenames with the ".ETH" extension plus the developer's email address and victim's ID.
Ursnif (also known as Gozi, IFSB or Dreambot) is high-risk trojan-type virus designed to record various sensitive information. This virus typically infiltrates systems without permission, since developers proliferate it using spam email campaigns (e.g., "TicketSales Email Virus", "Swisscom Email V
Cyber criminals use Jimm ransomware to prevent victims from accessing their files by encrypting all data stored on the system. To decrypt their files, people are urged to pay a ransom (buy a decryption tool). This high-risk computer infection was discovered by Michael Gillespie and is a new varian
"Osascript wants to control Safari" is a fake operating system pop-up message used to trick MacOS users to allow "osascript" to control the Safari web browser. There are many adware-type apps that cause these pop-ups. Note that many users encounter this scam and it should not be trusted. A
Golden Axe is a computer infection that was discovered by mol69 and categorized as ransomware. Cyber criminals use this infection to blackmail people: Golden Axe encrypts data stored on a computer, rendering it inaccessible unless a ransom is paid. It creates "# instructions-X6DEV #.jpg" (a ranso
Smart Mac Booster is very similar to many other apps of this type, such as Auto Mac Booster, Auto Mac Speedup, and Speedup Mac Pro. This app supposedly operates as an optimization tool allowing users to find and fix various errors, clean Mac computers from unnecessary data, and improve MacOS ope
Discovered by Michael Gillespie, Klope is yet another variant of high-risk ransomware called Djvu. This malware is designed to stealthily infiltrate computers and encrypt stored files. In doing so, Klope appends filenames with the ".klope" extension (for instance, "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sampl