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YourCouponSearch Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

YourCouponSearch Browser Hijacker

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

ByteDefender Ransomware
Ransomware

ByteDefender Ransomware

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

BlackGuard Stealer
Trojan

BlackGuard Stealer

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

BNP PARIBAS Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

BNP PARIBAS Email Scam

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

NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Email Scam

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

Vlff Ransomware
Ransomware

Vlff Ransomware

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

Tesla Giveaway Scam
Phishing/Scam

Tesla Giveaway Scam

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 Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

Tail DS Browser Hijacker

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

ComputingInteractive Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ComputingInteractive Adware (Mac)

ComputingInteractive is a rogue app our researchers discovered while looking through new submissions to VirusTotal. After analyzing it, we determined that this application operates as adware and is part of the AdLoad malware family. It is noteworthy that advertising-supported software ma

Poopholiredgeng.com Ads
Notification Spam

Poopholiredgeng.com Ads

Our research team discovered the poopholiredgeng[.]com webpage during a routine inspection of rogue websites. This page is designed to push browser notification spam and redirect visitors to other (likely untrustworthy or malicious) sites. Webpages like poopholiredgeng[.]com are usually accessed