GandCrab Hackers show some Heart

Syria was at one stage known for being one of the birthplaces of human civilization. Recently the beleaguered nation is more known for the terrible civil war. As of April 2018, more than 465,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting, over a million injured, and over 12 million, that being half the country's pre-war population, have been displaced. Many would feel that Syrians been targeted in hacking campaigns would be worse than a kick to the teeth, given the struggle for survival faced by many. Fortunately, some hackers feel the same. In a post to an underground hacking and cybercrime forum, the GandCrab developers have released the decryption keys for Syrian victims. The developers of GandCrab seem to have responded to a tweet in which a Syrian victim asked for help after photos of his deceased children were encrypted. After seeing the tweet, the hackers announced via a forum that they have released the k...

Linkey-search.com Redirect (Mac)

Linkey-search.com is a fake web search engine that supposedly enhances the Internet browsing experience by providing users with better, enhanced search results. It might look appropriate and legitimate, however, this website is being promoted using various rogue download and/or installation set-ups that are designed to modify browser settings without user's permission. Besides, it is very likely that linkey-search.com collects various data related to user's browsing activity. The mentioned rogue set-ups target popular web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Once installed, it changes browser settings such as homepage, search engine and new tab URLs to linkey-search.com. It might look like minor changes, however, users cannot undo them, at least not in an usual way. That is because these rogue set-ups install particular third party applications or/and bro...