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Notification Spam

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Mateyhecrie[.]xyz loads deceptive content to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications and opens questionable websites. It serves the same purpose as ngecauuksehi[.]xyz, current-captcha[.]top, jollycrowds[.]com, and plenty of other pages. Users open these pages inadvertently. M

Piton Ransomware
Ransomware

Piton Ransomware

Piton is a new variant of the Babuk ransomware. It operates by encrypting data (locking files) and demanding payment for the decryption. During the encryption process, files are appended with a ".piton" extension. For example, a file originally titled "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.piton", "2.jpg

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Notification Spam

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Hdvideosnet[.]com is a rogue website designed to load dubious content and/or redirect visitors to other (likely untrustworthy or malicious) pages. There are countless sites of this type online; hisqueost.xyz, theresults.net, and liffsandupa.xyz are but a few examples. Users typically access rogue

Maql Ransomware
Ransomware

Maql Ransomware

Maql is a type of malware that encrypts files, appends the ".maql" extension to the filename of each encrypted file, and creates the "_readme.txt" file (a ransom note). It renames a file named "1.jpg" to "1.jpg.maql", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.maql", and so on. Maql is part of the Djvu ransomware family.

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Notification Spam

Ngecauuksehi.xyz Ads

Ngecauuksehi[.]xyz is a rogue website sharing common traits with current-captcha.top, fugles.net, get-positive.net, captchamodern.top and many others. It is designed to load dubious material and/or redirect visitors to different (likely untrustworthy or malicious) pages. Most users unintentionall

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Notification Spam

Current-captcha.top Ads

Current-captcha[.]top is a rogue website designed to load questionable content, push its browser notifications, and/or redirect visitors to various (likely unreliable or malicious) pages. There are thousands of such webpages on the Internet; clevercaptcha.top, positivestar.org, and news-hoyisa.cc

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Notification Spam

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Similar to fugles.net, news-lipaze.cc, premium-shops-around.me, and thousands of others, clevercaptcha[.]top is a rogue site. It operates by presenting visitors with dubious material and/or redirecting them to various (likely unreliable or malicious) websites. Most users enter such pages via redi

Squirrelwaffle Malware
Trojan

Squirrelwaffle Malware

Squirrelwaffle is a piece of malicious software designed to cause chain infections, i.e., download/install additional malware. At the time of research, Squirrelwaffle was used to infect systems with Cobalt Strike malicious program. The latter is infamous for being used to inject devices with ranso

ModeService Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ModeService Adware (Mac)

ModeService is an adware-type app with browser hijacker qualities. Due to most users inadvertently downloading/installing ModeService, it is also classified as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Applications). Adware enables the placement of third-party graphical content (e.g., pop-ups, banners

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Notification Spam

Cowboy2u4me.me Ads

Cowboy2u4me[.]me is one of the many websites designed to load untrustworthy content, ask for permission to show notifications, and open shady web pages. It is similar to jollycrowds[.]com, news-lipaze[.]cc, positivestar[.]org, and other sites. Users end up on these pages unintentionally. C