"Xerox Color Workstation Email Virus" is the name of a spam campaign, designed by cyber criminals to proliferate a malicious program, a keystroke logger called Hawkeye. The main purpose of the email issued by this campaign is to trick people into opening the attached file, which infects computer
The internet is flooded with websites similar to renropsitto[.]info including, for example, Pushnews[.]online, txtnews[.]online, and watch-this[.]live. These are just some examples from many. Most of these sites are virtually identical. Once visited, they display untrustworthy content or open othe
ticeroftertal[.]info is a rogue website that has the same purpose as pushnews[.]online, txtnews[.]online, watch-this[.]live, and many other websites of this type. Once visited, it redirects users to websites that cannot be trusted or displays dubious content. Typically, people are forced to visit
The "PayPal account is on hold" scam is presented on a deceptive website that should not be trusted. Scammers use it to steal PayPal accounts. Typically, people end up visiting websites of this type due to potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on their browsers or operating systems.
wal is high-risk ransomware that belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. This malware stealthily infiltrates the system and encrypts most stored files, thereby rendering them impossible to use. It is also appends filenames with the victim's unique ID, developer's email address, and ".wal" extensi
1 Click PDF (also known as 1ClickPDF) is promoted as a file conversion app capable of converting virtually any file format to PDF. It is promoted as a useful and legitimate tool, however, 1 Click PDF is categorized as a potentially unwanted (adware-type) application (PUA) and adware. It changes
Belonging to the Djvu ransomware family, Forasom is a high-risk infection designed to encrypt victims' data and make ransom demands. During encryption, Forasom appends filenames with the ".forasom" extension (e.g., "sample.jpg" is renamed to "sample.jpg.forasom"). As with other Djvu variants, For
Discovered by Jakub Kroustek, .bat is a malicious program classified as ransomware. Generally, malware of this type blocks victims from accessing their files by encryption. To decrypt them, victims are forced to buy a decryption tool/key from cyber criminals who developed the program, in this case
The number of new ransomware-type programs is growing daily, including qbix, which was discovered by Jakub Kroustek and belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. Like most programs of this type, qbix is used by cyber criminals who aim to extort money from their victims. Ransomware-type programs en
Discovered by Jakub Kroustek, MERS is a ransomware-type program belonging to the Dharma family. Its main purpose is to encrypt data and keep it locked until a ransom is paid (decryption tool is purchased). MERS renames all encrypted files by adding the ".MERS" extension, which also contains a uniq