We have discovered the checkpcsecurity[.]com page while examining other sites that use rogue advertising networks. After analyzing checkpcsecurity[.]com, we found that it is virtually to "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam website. Additionally, it asks for permission to show shady
Our team has discovered a TargetCompany ransomware variant called Avast (named after Avast cybersecurity software company) while examining the samples submitted to VirusTotal. Avast's developers have created a decryption tool for other variants of the TargetCompany ransomware. Cybercriminals behin
Our team has discovered an application called YourCouponSearch while examining shady websites. After installing this app, we noticed that it changed the web browser's settings. It hijacked a web browser to promote yourcouponsearch.com - a fake search engine. Browser hijackers and fake search engin
Our researchers found the ByteDefender ransomware-type program (not to be confused with the legitimate Bitdefender anti-virus software) while inspecting new malware submissions on VirusTotal. It is designed to encrypt data and make ransom demands for the decryption. Once launched on our test mach
We have discovered an information-stealing malware called BlackGuard while browsing various hacker forums. This piece of malware is written in the C# programming language. Its monthly subscription costs $200. It also can be purchased by making a $700 one-time payment. The purpose of BlackGuard is
After inspecting this "BNP PARIBAS" email, we determined that it is spam. While it is presented as a message from the BNP Paribas international banking group, this email is fake and in no way associated with said bank. This spam letter targets Polish-speaking users and attempts to trick them into
Our team has examined this email and found that scammers behind it pretend to be representatives of the Navy Federal Credit Union, a legitimate credit union. It was concluded that this is a typical phishing campaign. Scammers behind it have one goal - to trick recipients into clicking the provided
Our team has discovered the Vlff ransomware while examining malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. It was found that Vlff is one of the variants belonging to the Djvu ransomware family. It encrypts data, renames files by appending the ".vlff" extension to their filenames, and generates a ransom
Scammers often use fake giveaways to trick people into transferring cryptocurrency to them. They impersonate famous personalities (or companies) and offer to match or sometimes even double any crypto sent to their account. Our article is about scammers who use fake Twitter accounts supposedly belo
Tail DS is the name of a browser extension. After analyzing this piece of software, our researchers found that it exhibits the behavior of a browser hijacker. Tail DS modifies browser settings to cause redirects to the tailsearch.com illegitimate search engine. Additionally, this extension spies o