Our researchers found the JS ransomware-type program during a routine inspection of new malware submissions to VirusTotal. After launching a sample on our test machine, we learned that the JS program encrypts files and appends their filenames with a ".JS" extension (not to be confused with the .J
Binwu is ransomware that belongs to a ransomware family called Xorist. Our team has discovered Binwu while examining the samples submitted to VirusTotal. After analyzing this ransomware, we have found that it encrypts files, appends the ".Binwu" extension to filenames, and creates the "КАК РАСШИФР
Emolumentsurvey[.]top is a rogue webpage that we discovered while inspecting untrustworthy sites. It is designed to load dubious content, promote browser notification spam, and redirect visitors to other unreliable/malicious websites. Most users access emolumentsurvey[.]top and similar pages via r
During a routine inspection of untrustworthy websites, our researchers discovered the Best Converter Online browser extension. It is promoted as a tool for easy file format conversion. After analyzing it, we determined that it is a piece of advertising-supported software (adware). Best Con
Profitsurvey[.]top is a shady website that our team has discovered while examining torrent sites, illegal movie streaming pages, and other websites that use rogue advertising networks. We have analyzed profitsurvey[.]top and learned that it asks for permission to show untrustworthy notifications,
We have analyzed this email and found that scammers use it to trick recipients into providing email account login credentials. This email is disguised as a letter from Habib Bank AG Zurich - a Swiss multinational commercial bank. It contains an HTM file asking to verify email to view a payment rec
Letsgo600 is a ransomware-type program designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for the decryption. Our research team found it during a routine inspection of new malware submissions to VirusTotal. We have determined that Letsgo600 belongs to the ZEPPELIN ransomware family. Once launched onto o
Discovered by our researchers on VirusTotal, ProcessRate is an adware-type application. It also belongs to the AdLoad malware family. This app operates by running intrusive advertisement campaigns, and it may have other harmful abilities. After being installed onto our test machine, Proc
We have discovered the Sorryitsjustbusiness ransomware while examining malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. Our team has analyzed Sorryitsjustbusiness and found that this ransomware encrypts files and appends a string of four random characters to filenames as the file extension. For example, i
After inspecting the "Download all your blocked email messages" letter, our researchers determined that it is a phishing scam. This email makes false claims about incoming messages having failed to reach the recipient's mailbox, and it instructs to update the account to retrieve the letters.