Our research team discovered the Mmdt malicious program during a routine inspection of new submissions to VirusTotal. Mmdt is classified as ransomware, and it is part of the Djvu malware family. When we launched a sample of this ransomware on our test system, it began encrypting files and appende
While inspecting rogue software installers, our researchers discovered the Weekly Hits browser extension. This extension promises to allow users to quickly access the most searched song lyrics of the week. After analyzing this piece of software, we determined that it is a browser hijacker promotin
Zanubis is a piece of malicious software classified as a banking trojan. This malware targets Android Operating Systems (OSes). The primary function of this program is to stealthily obtain online banking account credentials and gain access to the funds stored therein. Zanubis targets Latin America
While checking out suspicious webpages, our researchers found the flowerself[.]xyz rogue site. It promotes spam browser notifications and redirects users to other (likely unreliable/malicious) websites. Visitors to flowerself[.]xyz and pages akin to it - typically access them via redirects caused
The "2022 FIFA Lottery Award" email is spam. Our inspection of a letter belonging to this spam campaign revealed that it operates as a phishing scam. This fake email attempts to extract recipients' private data by claiming they have won a lottery. It must be emphasized that this spam mail is in no
Mmvb is a piece of malicious software categorized as ransomware. Our research team discovered this program during a routine investigation of new submissions to VirusTotal. Mmvb is part of the Djvu ransomware family. Once we executed a sample of this ransomware on our test machine, it began encryp
Our research team discovered yet another ransomware belonging to the Djvu family - called Mmpu, during a routine investigation of new submissions to VirusTotal. Once we launched a sample of Mmpu ransomware on our test machine, it encrypted files and appended them with a ".mmpu" extension. To elab
Icarus is the name of a stealer-type malicious program. It is designed to extract a wide variety of vulnerable data from infected machines. The threats posed by malware of this kind can vary depending on the cyber criminals' goals and the sensitivity of the data stored on victims' devices.
Key Group is a piece of malicious software classified as ransomware. Our researchers discovered this program while inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. It is noteworthy that Key Group belongs to the Xorist ransomware family. There are two variants of Key Group - hence, encrypted files are ap
CommandAccess is a piece of rogue software that our researchers found while investigating new submissions to VirusTotal. Our analysis of this application revealed that it operates as advertising-supported software (adware). Additionally, we learned that CommandAccess is part of the AdLoad malwar