During our investigation of dubious websites, we discovered ufdlabs[.]com, a fraudulent page impersonating the real Unicorn Fart Dust project. The site falsely claims that a $UFD token allocation event is live, prompting visitors to connect their cryptocurrency wallets. In reality, ufdlabs[.]com i
Our researchers inspected Get Maps & Driving Directions and found it to be a browser hijacker. Once added to a browser, it changes settings to promote bestfreemaps.com - a fake search engine that redirects users through a chain of pages they did not choose to visit. This extension poses a pri
Our research team discovered Freshy Search while reviewing newly submitted browser extensions. It falls under the browser hijacker classification. Once added to a browser, it changes certain settings to promote freshy.com, a questionable search engine that generates its own results. Like most sof
Newspulsenow.net is a fake search engine promoted by browser hijackers. Our team analyzed this website and found that it is distributed through browser-hijacking software that modifies browser settings to force users to visit it. Newspulsenow.net cannot generate its own search results and instead
KalinkaCrypt is ransomware that we investigated after it was uploaded to VirusTotal. Once it infects a system, it encrypts files, appends a distinct extension to their names, and drops a ransom note demanding payment for decryption. On our test machine, this ransomware encrypted files and appende
Our researchers discovered the "You May Have Viruses On After Visiting An Adult Website" scam while inspecting dubious websites. We found two variants of this scheme - one in English and the other in Portuguese. Like most scams of this kind, "You May Have Viruses On After Visiting An Adult Webs
Pulse is a Chromium-based browser. It is promoted as an Internet browser that integrates AI (Artificial Intelligence). Upon inspection, we determined that this rogue browser is a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application). It produces redirects to several fake search engines that cannot generate searc
Search1.me is the address of a fake search engine. Typically, such web searchers are promoted by PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications) classified as browser hijackers. Search1.me has been observed being pushed by the Better Search browser hijacker. Browser hijackers promote fraudulent w
"LinkedIn email scam" refers to spam campaigns - large-scale operations during which thousands of emails presented as messages from LinkedIn are sent. LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented online service, designed to aid in professional networking. The aim of the fake "LinkedIn" emails i
The WebWebWeb.com browser hijacker infiltrates Internet browsers (Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox) through free software downloads. At time of testing, this website was promoted via an application called 'video downloader professional'. Developers of this browser settings-changing adware (LINK6
Artificial intelligence has become deeply embedded in enterprise software development and business workflows, transforming how employees write code, analyze data, and automate repetitive tasks. At the same time, threat actors have shifted from attacking underlying AI models to exploiting the trust o
The ransomware ecosystem has become increasingly specialized, and KongTuke sits at the center of that shift. Rather than conducting every stage of an attack themselves, many ransomware operators now rely on a network of affiliates, malware developers, and initial access brokers (IABs) to gain entry
Enterprise security teams have spent years hardening identity platforms, enforcing multifactor authentication, and strengthening endpoint security. Yet the latest compromise involving competitive intelligence platform Klue shows a different route into corporate environments: trusted third-party inte
Android banking malware has steadily evolved over the past decade. What once focused primarily on stealing banking credentials has transformed into sophisticated platforms capable of remotely controlling entire devices. The emergence of Rokarolla demonstrates just how far this evolution has progress
The compromise of more than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) is one of the most significant, if not the most significant, Linux software supply chain incidents of 2026. More importantly, the campaign shows that threat actors increasingly target the trust relationships that underpin ope
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