While inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal, our research team discovered the Ravenwise app. Following our analysis, we determined that this application is advertising-supported software. Additionally, we learned that Ravenwise is part of the Pirrit adware family. Adware operates by r
Atechny is a rogue app discovered by our research team during a routine investigation of new file submissions to the VirusTotal website. After analyzing this piece of software, we determined that it is adware belonging to the Pirrit family. Atechny operates by running intrusive advertisement cam
Upon inspection of "McAfee - You Might Recently Browsed To Compromised Websites" – we determined that it is a scam. It claims that the user's device may have been infected through potentially visited malicious websites. These claims are false, and they are in no way associated with any legitimate
Suidae is a malicious extension that has been discovered during an examination of an installer obtained from an unreliable web page. Suidae has several capabilities, such as enabling the "Managed by your organization" feature in Chrome and Edge browsers, accessing various data, and managing themes
RedProtection is a ransomware-type program that our researchers discovered while inspecting new submissions to the VirusTotal platform. Malware, categorized as such, is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for the decryption. Once we executed a sample of RedProtection on our test machine,
Upon examining the "Chainlink Treasury Airdrop Event", our investigation has exposed it as a fraudulent scheme designed to obtain sensitive information with the intention of financial exploitation. Usually, such scams are promoted via email, social media platforms, deceptive ads, and unreliable we
Bangsearch.pro is a fake search engine that we discovered while investigating rogue software. Typically, websites of this kind are promoted (via redirects) by browser hijackers. Illegitimate search engines usually cannot provide search results; however, bangsearch.pro can – but the results are in
While investigating a malevolent installer found on a suspicious webpage, we came across the NeophocaCinerea browser extension. Our findings reveal that NeophocaCinerea can enable the "Managed by your organization" feature in Chrome and Edge browsers. Additionally, this application can read divers
Pipidae is a rogue application that our research team discovered during a routine inspection of new submissions to the VirusTotal website. Upon investigation, we determined that it is adware belonging to the Pirrit adware family. This piece of software is designed to run intrusive advertisement
After inspecting the Nimbostratus application in the aftermath of running a malicious installer, we found that the app has the capability to enable the "Managed by your organization" feature. Moreover, Nimbostratus can oversee themes and extensions and gain access to diverse sets of data. Thus, us