securitymobile[.]club is one of many deceptive websites that display fake virus alerts, errors, and other notifications. The main purpose of these web pages is to trick visitors into downloading and installing potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that will supposedly solve the detected probl
"Email Quarantine" refers to a phishing spam email campaign. The term "spam campaign" is used to define a mass-scale operation, during which thousands of deceptive emails are sent. The messages distributed through the "Email Quarantine" campaign claim that users have several incoming emails, which
Scammers behind lottery scams send notifications stating that the recipient has won some money or another prize. Typically, they send such notifications via email, text messages, and social media. They exploit names of existing lottery companies/organizations to deceive users into believing that
F0xis a malicious program that is part of the Xorist ransomware family. Systems infected with this malware have their data encrypted and users receive ransom demands for decryption. During the encryption process, all affected files are appended with the ".f0x" extension. For example, a file origi
Belonging to the Snatch ransomware family, Uhofbgpgt encrypts files, modifies their filenames, and creates a ransom message. Uhofbgpgt renames encrypted files by appending the ".uhofbgpgt" extension to filenames. For example, "1.jpg" is renamed to "1.jpg.uhofbgpgt", "2.jpg" to "2.jpg.uhofbgpgt", a
Discovered by Lukáš Zobal, DUSK 2 is an updated variant of Dusk ransomware. This malware is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for decryption. During the encryption process, all affected files are appended with the ".DUSK" extension. For example, a file named something like "1.jpg" would
security-update-required[.]com is a deceptive website running various scams. At the time of research, this web page promoted two different schemes. The scams promoted on this site primarily target iPhone users, yet it is often accessed via other Apple devices as well. One variant claims visitor
There are many examples of phishing emails, which scammers send to deceive unsuspecting recipients into providing sensitive information. Commonly, scammers disguise their emails as official messages from legitimate companies. In this particular case, they attempt to trick recipients into opening a
Pay2Key is ransomware written in the C++ programming language that encrypts files with AES and RSA cryptography algorithms. Research shows that cyber criminals behind Pay2Key target companies located in Israel, however, it might also be used to attack other companies. So far, cyber criminals have
"ERROR # 0xuaO-0x156m(3)" is a technical support scam. At the time of research, this scheme was promoted via the azurewebsites[.]net - Microsoft Azure website-hosting platform. In general, online scams are promoted on various deceptive web pages. The gist of tech support scams is claiming that us