VideoSearches is the name of a browser hijacker designed to promote video-searches.com - a fake search engine. It hijacks a web browser by changing its settings. Our team has found VideoSearches on a shady website. Like most apps of this type, VideoSearches is promoted and distributed using decept
While inspecting deceptive download sites, our research team found the go dark browser extension. After analyzing this piece of software, we learned that go dark operates as a browser hijacker promoting the getsins.com fake search engine. Following the successful installation of go dark on
Following our inspection of the "DHL Air Waybill" email, we determined that it is spam intended to infect the recipient's device with malware. This scam email is disguised as a message from the DHL logistics company - regarding a shipment. The file attached to this letter is designed to infect sy
Pterodo is a malicious program actively used in geopolitically-motivated cyber attacks against Ukraine. This malware has been linked to the Russian-based espionage group named Shuckworm (also known as Armageddon and Gamaredon). This group has targeted Ukraine almost exclusively since 2014. Pterod
Greenconvert[.]net is a website offering to download videos from YouTube and convert them to MP3 files (save videos in audio format). It is worth mentioning that it is not entirely legal to download videos from YouTube. Another issue with the greenconvert[.]net page is that it uses rogue advertisi
L3MON is an Android malware with a remote administration Trojan (RAT) functionality. It misuses the Accessibility services to steal sensitive information and perform other actions. We have discovered L3MON RAT while inspecting a trojanized Sathi Chat app that impersonates tje Crazy Talk messaging
While inspecting malware selling hotspots, our researchers discovered a malicious program named 000. It is a stealer-type malware designed to exfiltrate and extract a wide variety of sensitive data from infected machines. The 000 Stealer can download files, obtain system and user data, and
AstraLocker 2.0 is a ransomware variant belonging to the Babuk family. We have found it while checking the VirusTotal page for recently submitted malware samples. AstraLocker 2.0 encrypts files and appends ".AstraLocker" or ".Astra" (depending on the variant) extension to filenames. Also, it creat
Jhdd is a piece of malicious software classified as ransomware that our researchers discovered while looking through new malware submissions on VirusTotal. We determined that Jhdd belongs to the Djvu ransomware family. After a sample was executed on our test machine, it encrypted files and append
AnalyticDeal is the name of an untrustworthy application designed to feed users with unwanted advertisement. It operates as adware. Our team has discovered AnalyticDeal on a shady website suggesting that some installed software is outdated. It is very common for adware-type apps to be promoted/d