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 Our team has discovered AnalyticDeal on a shady website suggesting that some installed software is outdated.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
Dmay is ransomware - a type of malware that encrypts files. We have discovered it while examining samples submitted to VirusTotal. It was found that Dmay is part of the Djvu ransomware family. In addition to encrypting files, it renames them (appends the ".dmay" extension to filenames), and create
Protectorofpower[.]xyz is a website that runs the "Your Windows 10 Is Infected With Viruses" scam and asks for permission to show notifications. Our team has discovered this deceptive site while inspecting various pages that use rogue advertising networks (e.g., torrent sites, illegal movie stream
During a routine inspection of untrustworthy sites, we discovered the ourhotfeed[.]com rogue webpage. It is designed to push browser notification spam and redirect visitors to other (likely unreliable or malicious) websites. Pages like ourhotfeed[.]com are usually entered inadvertently. Most users