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Gadscare.com Ads
Notification Spam

Gadscare.com Ads

Our researchers discovered the gadscare.com rogue page while investigating suspect sites. This webpage is designed to promote browser notification spam and redirect visitors elsewhere (likely unreliable/harmful sites). Users primarily enter such pages via redirects generated by websites using rogu

Payment List By The Board Of Directors Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Payment List By The Board Of Directors Email Scam

Based on our investigation, it has been confirmed that this email has been falsified by individuals intending to engage in malicious activities. The main goal of these scammers is to trick recipients into sharing confidential information via a fraudulent page. Such pages are referred to as phishin

Tnwkgbvl Ransomware
Ransomware

Tnwkgbvl Ransomware

Tnwkgbvl is ransomware that our team discovered while examining malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. We found that Tnwkgbvl belongs to the Snatch ransomware family. The purpose of Tnwkgbvl is to make files inaccessible by encrypting them. Also, Tnwkgbvl creates a ransom note ("HOW TO RESTORE Y

ShadowVault Stealer (Mac)
Mac Virus

ShadowVault Stealer (Mac)

Targeting macOS users, ShadowVault is an information-stealing malware. Its creators market and sell it on a hacker forum at a price of $500 per month. This malicious software is capable of extracting sensitive data from web browsers, files stored on compromised computers, as well as data from cr

DefaultOptimization Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

DefaultOptimization Adware (Mac)

DefaultOptimization is an adware-type application belonging to the AdLoad malware family, which our research team discovered while investigating new submissions to the VirusTotal site. This app is designed to display advertisements that primarily promote deceptive/malicious content. Adwa

Anti-us Ransomware
Ransomware

Anti-us Ransomware

Our researchers discovered the Anti-us ransomware during a routine inspection of new submissions to VirusTotal. This malware is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for its decryption. After we executed a sample of Anti-us on our testing system, it encrypted files and appended their filena

Win Mac Book M2 POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

Win Mac Book M2 POP-UP Scam

While investigating suspicious websites, our researchers came upon the "Win Mac Book M2" scam. It claims that the visitor can win a prize by providing their data to the sponsored site. At the time of research, this scheme promoted a phishing webpage that targets email addresses. The scam c

Your E-mail Will Be Closed Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

Your E-mail Will Be Closed Email Virus

After examining the "Your E-mail Will Be Closed" spam letter, we determined that it is malspam. This fake message claims that the recipient's email account will be terminated unless it is updated. The goal is to lure the recipient into opening the malicious attachment, which is designed to infect

Goghoordsurvey.top Ads
Notification Spam

Goghoordsurvey.top Ads

Our analysis uncovered that goghoordsurvey[.]top is an unreliable website involved in a survey scam. Also, this website attempts to prompt users to enable notifications and redirects them to other shady websites. It is crucial to emphasize that users do not deliberately visit sites like goghoordsu

ComplexPortal Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ComplexPortal Adware (Mac)

Our researchers discovered the ComplexPortal application while inspecting new submissions to the VirusTotal website. After investigating this app, it operates as advertising-supported software (adware). ComplexPortal is part of the AdLoad malware family. Adware is designed to generate re