Electron Bot is the name of the malware that has been discovered by Check Point Research. We have learned that Electron Bot is used to gain remote access to computers and execute various commands. It is distributed via various applications on the Microsoft Store (Electron Bot targets Windows devic
Vote2024 (also known as HermeticRansom and PartyTicket) is the name of a malicious program that was discovered during geopolitically-motivated malware attacks against Ukraine and its surrounding territories, which occurred during the onset of war in Ukraine. Vote2024 is a ransomware-type program.
We have discovered the CleanTextSize application while analyzing various cracked software download sites. After testing the app, we learned that it is adware - software that generates unwanted advertisements. Although, it is promoted as a tool allowing to change the text size on the Edge browser.
Rg116 is the name of typical ransomware - malware that encrypts files. Our team has discovered it while analyzing the malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. It was found that Rg116 also renames encrypted files by appending a string of random characters and the ".rg116" extension to filenames, an
Discovered by our researchers while inspecting new malware submissions to VirusTotal, Scorp is a piece of malicious software classified as ransomware. After analyzing this program, we found that it is part of the VoidCrypt ransomware family. On our testing system, Scorp encrypted files and append
Neptun Tab is a rogue browser extension, which our research team discovered while analyzing fake Google Chrome updates. This piece of software is endorsed as a tool capable of allowing users to customize their browsers' homepage and new tab appearance - including such widgets as weather, time, rem
Vsbnw is a piece of malicious software categorized as ransomware, which our researchers found while inspecting new malware submissions on VirusTotal. Once launched onto our test machine, this ransomware began encrypting files and appending their filenames with a random character string and the ".
MultiDetail is a rogue application that our research team discovered while inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. After analyzing this piece of software, we determined that it is an adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. Whether adware delivers intrusive advertisement campaign
"Your Account Needs Attention!" is a spam email that we have received and subsequently analyzed. We determined that it is a phishing scam. The letter claims that unless the recipient updates their email account - it will be deactivated in a matter of hours. This spam mail aims to trick the recipi
Our team has discovered this technical support scam page while examining websites that use rogue advertising networks and have deceptive ads on them. We learned that the purpose of this page is to scare visitors into calling the provided number (into contacting scammers for fake technical support)