Get Dark is a browser extension promising to enable dark mode for simple-design websites. After analyzing this extension, our researchers concluded that Get Dark is a browser hijacker that modifies browsers to promote the yesjis.com illegitimate search engine. Following successful installa
Youtubetomp3song[.]com is yet another website offering YouTube video conversion to downloadable MP3 (audio) files. In addition to breaking copyright laws, this site also uses rogue advertising networks. Therefore, visitors to youtubetomp3song[.]com can get redirected to a wide variety of untrustwo
Our malware researchers have discovered the Encrpt ransomware while checking the malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. After analysis, we have concluded that Encrpt is part of the VoidCrypt ransomware family. This ransomware variant encrypts files and appends a string of random characters, encr
During a routine inspection of new submissions on VirusTotal, our researchers found yet another ransomware-type program belonging to the MedusaLocker family. This malicious program named Mlock - encrypted and renamed the files on our test machine. It added the ".mlock5" extension to filenames, e.
We have discovered the meovideo[.]ru while visiting illegal movie streaming, adult dating, torrent, and similar sites that use questionable advertising networks. After examining meovideo[.]ru, we learned that it displays deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive untrustworthy no
BestMusicSearches is a rogue browser extension. After analyzing it, our researchers classified it as a browser hijacker. BestMusicSearches operates by modifying browser settings to promote (via redirects) the bestmusicsearches.com fake search engine. Following installation onto our test sy
BATLOADER is part of the infection chain where it is used to perform the initial compromise. This malware is used to execute payloads like Ursnif. Our team has discovered BATLOADER after executing installers for legitimate software (such as Zoom, TeamViewer Visual Studio) bundled with this malware
Power Off is a rogue application supposedly capable of managing program processes, e.g., launching, scheduling, restarting, shutting down, etc. Our researchers determined that this piece of software operates as advertising-supported software (adware) - by running intrusive advertisement campaigns.
Discovered by Boanbird, 360 is the name of a ransomware-type program. When we launched a sample on our test system, it encrypted files and appended their filenames with the ".360" extension. For example, a file originally titled "1.jpg" appeared as "1.jpg.360", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.360", and so on. O
Worldcoolfeed[.]com is a deceptive website that we have discovered while examining torrent, illegal movie streaming, and similar sites that use questionable advertising networks. We found that the purpose of worldcoolfeed[.]com is to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications and redire