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TargetCompany Ransomware
Ransomware

TargetCompany Ransomware

TargetCompany is a ransomware-type program that we have analyzed and researched. It is leveraged against companies rather than home users. We have also analyzed the following programs that belong to this ransomware family - Architek, Mallox, Tohnichi, Herrco, and Newexploit. This ransomware appen

Your Email Account Will Be Disconnected Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Your Email Account Will Be Disconnected Email Scam

The "Your eMail account will be disconnected" email is a new find by our research team. Having inspected this letter, we determined that it is a phishing email. It targets recipients' email credentials with false claims about their accounts' impending suspension. The spam email with the su

Closing Of Email Address Notice ! Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Closing Of Email Address Notice ! Email Scam

We have examined this email and concluded that scammers behind it attempt to trick recipients into providing their email account login credentials. Scammers disguised the email as a letter regarding email account deactivation/request for account deactivation. The email claims that the reci

UpdaterWebPageEducate Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

UpdaterWebPageEducate Adware (Mac)

UpdaterWebPageEducate is an adware-type app that our researchers found when inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal. We have determined that this piece of software belongs to the AdLoad malware family. Once installed onto our test machine, UpdaterWebPageEducate began running intrusive a

Web Access For The 2022 Version Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Web Access For The 2022 Version Email Scam

After analyzing the "Web Access for the 2022 version" email, our researchers determined that it is a phishing scam. This letter attempts to trick recipients into providing their email account log-in credentials to a phishing website, thereby allowing the scammers access/control over the account.

ZOZL Ransomware
Ransomware

ZOZL Ransomware

Our team has discovered the ZOZL ransomware while analyzing the samples submitted to VirusTotal. Our key findings are that ZOZL is part of the Phobos ransomware family and encrypts files, generates two ransom notes ("info.hta" and "info.txt"), and renames files. An example of how ZOZL renames fil

PowerLane Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

PowerLane Adware (Mac)

We have discovered the PowerLane application while visiting download pages for cracked software and pages displaying fake pop-ups. After examining PowerLane, we found that it is an advertising-supported application that can read browsing history and sensitive information from websites. A

Shopping Guide Adware
Adware

Shopping Guide Adware

Discovered by our team while researching deceptive websites, Shopping Guide is an adware-type browser extension. It promises to allow quick access to "the most popular e-commerce company". However, this extension delivers intrusive advertisement campaigns instead. After being successfully

Goldline-updates.com Ads
Notification Spam

Goldline-updates.com Ads

Goldline-updates[.]com is a rogue website promoting browser notification spam and capable of redirecting visitors to other untrustworthy/harmful pages. We discovered this site while researching pages that use rogue advertising networks. Redirects caused by such webpages - are also how most users