Protectionsrequired[.]com is one of the many deceptive websites designed to trick visitors into believing that their computers are infected. Protectionsrequired[.]com promotes McAfee antivirus - a legitimate software. This page is operated by affiliates who aim to collect illegitimate commissions
Stealerium is the name of an information stealer written in the C# programming language. It sends logs (stolen information) to a Discord channel controlled by the attackers using a webhook. Stealerium malware can extract data, log keystrokes, capture screenshots, and hijack the clipboard.
Prime is the name of a rogue application that we discovered while inspecting deceptive download websites. After analyzing this piece of software, we determined that it operates as advertising-supported software (adware). Additionally, we noted that Prime is practically identical to Healthiness adw
Our malware researchers have discovered a ransomware variant (belonging to the Phobos family) called GUCCI. It was found while analyzing malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. GUCCI is ransomware that encrypts files, appends the ".GUCCI" extension (and the victim's ID) to filenames, and generate
Xcvf is a malicious program categorized as ransomware. It is designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for the decryption. We found Xcvf while inspecting new malware submissions to VirusTotal. Additionally, we determined that this program is part of the Djvu ransomware family. After being launc
We have discovered the InfoMajorSearch application after downloading a fake Adobe Flash Player installer from a deceptive website. It was found that this application serves annoying advertisements. It functions as adware. Clicking on advertisements displayed by InfoMajorSearch can open s
While inspecting shady websites, our research team discovered news-waxawo[.]com. This rogue page is designed to push browser notification spam and redirect visitors to different (likely unreliable/malicious) sites. Most visitors to webpages like news-waxawo[.]com access them through redirects caus
Defenceprogramm[.]com is a rogue site that our research team found while inspecting deceptive webpages. This page operates by promoting scams, pushing browser notification spam, and redirecting visitors to other (likely untrustworthy/malicious) websites. Users typically enter webpages like defenc
Discovered by Petrovic, Sijr is a piece of malicious software belonging to the Djvu ransomware family. We obtained a sample of this ransomware from VirusTotal and executed it on our test machine. Sijr encrypted the files on our test system and appended their filenames with a ".sijr" extension. Fo
Bbnm is the name of a malicious program categorized as ransomware. We determined that this program belongs to the Djvu ransomware family. After being launched onto our test machine, Bbnm encrypted files and appended their filenames with a ".bbnm" extension. For example, a file originally named "1