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GeneralProgress Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

GeneralProgress Adware (Mac)

Our researchers discovered the GeneralProgress rogue app while reviewing new submissions to the VirusTotal website. Upon examination, we learned that this application is adware from the AdLoad malware family. GeneralProgress is designed to generate revenue for its developers/publishers through a

Urgent Investment Arrangement Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Urgent Investment Arrangement Email Scam

After investigating the "Urgent Investment Arrangement" email, we learned that it is spam. The attachment proposes a deal to the recipient, wherein they will be presented as the sender's relative to safeguard exorbitant funds. In exchange, they are promised 30% of the money. It must be emphasized

$ARENA Airdrop Scam
Phishing/Scam

$ARENA Airdrop Scam

Our analysis shows that this is a fraudulent scheme (involving arena-rewards[.]xyz and arena-allocation[.]xyz domains) designed to trick visitors into taking harmful actions leading to the theft of their cryptocurrency holdings. This scam promotes a fake airdrop as a lure. Users should avoid visit

DarkHack Ransomware
Ransomware

DarkHack Ransomware

DarkHack is ransomware our team discovered during an examination of samples submitted to VirusTotal. Upon analysis, we found that DarkHack encrypts files and appends the victim's ID and the ".darkhack" extension to files. Also, DarkHack provides a ransom note, the "README.TXT" file. An example of

Messages Failed Report Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Messages Failed Report Email Scam

After inspecting this "Messages Failed Report" email, we determined that it is spam. This message states that there has been a mail service interruption that resulted in undelivered emails. The goal of this spam campaign is to lure recipients into visiting a phishing site that targets email accoun

Assistance To Invest Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Assistance To Invest Email Scam

Our examination of the email has revealed that it is a scam. It uses an enticing offer to deceive recipients into providing personal information or sending money to fraudsters. Emails of this type should be ignored to avoid the potential negative outcomes. This scam email claims to come fr

OverallTermsReserve Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

OverallTermsReserve Adware (Mac)

Our examination of OverallTermsReserve shows that it acts as adware—software that displays unwanted and intrusive ads. Security vendors have also identified it as malicious. Thus, advertisements from OverallTermsReserve may lead users to malicious websites. For these reasons, users should avoid

Receipt Copy Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Receipt Copy Email Scam

Our inspection has revealed that the email is a scam disguised as a message about a receipt copy. The scammers aim to trick recipients into visiting a phishing site and entering personal information. Messages like this should be recognized as fraudulent and ignored. This scam email pretend

ExpandedSection Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ExpandedSection Adware (Mac)

Our researchers discovered ExpandedSection while investigating new submissions to VirusTotal. Upon examination, we determined that this rogue application operates as advertising-supported software (adware). ExpandedSection is part of the AdLoad malware family. Adware is designed to gener