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Contract/Inheritance/Winning Payment Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Contract/Inheritance/Winning Payment Email Scam

After reading this "Contract/Inheritance/Winning Payment" email, we determined that it is spam. It claims that the recipient did not receive their contract, inheritance, or prize payment – and to withdraw it, they must provide their details. The information in this email is false and in no way as

Viruses Have Been Detected On Your Phone POP-UP Scam
Phishing/Scam

Viruses Have Been Detected On Your Phone POP-UP Scam

We have examined this scam and concluded that it involves fake warnings to trick unsuspecting users into downloading a specific application. Falling for such scams can expose users to privacy and security risks. Thus, it is important to recognize and avoid these scams. Initially, a fake po

Blockchain.com Money Transfer Scam
Phishing/Scam

Blockchain.com Money Transfer Scam

While investigating spam emails, our researchers discovered the "Blockchain.com Money Transfer" scam. It masquerades as Blockchain.com – a cryptocurrency financial services company that provides various crypto-related services, including an exchange platform and digital wallet. This fake site cla

Initiatehighlyoriginalthe-file.top Ads
Notification Spam

Initiatehighlyoriginalthe-file.top Ads

We have reviewed initiatehighlyoriginalthe-file[.]top and found that it displays misleading content to lure visitors into permitting it to show notifications. Allowing notifications from sites like initiatehighlyoriginalthe-file[.]top can expose users to scams and other risks. It is recommended to

Tonbaks.com Ads
Notification Spam

Tonbaks.com Ads

Our team has inspected tonbaks[.]com and found that it displays questionable content and wants to show notifications. Accepting notifications from sites like tonbaks[.]com can expose users to various scams and other threats. Therefore, users should avoid tonbaks[.]com and not allow it to send noti

MAGA Ransomware
Ransomware

MAGA Ransomware

MAGA is ransomware from the Dharma family. It is designed to encrypt files, display a ransom note in a pop-up message (and create another ransom note as a text file, "MAGA_info.txt"), and rename files. Our team discovered MAGA during examination of malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. MAGA re

Boasaikaipt.com Ads
Notification Spam

Boasaikaipt.com Ads

Our research team discovered the boasaikaipt[.]com rogue page while browsing websites. Upon examination, we learned that this webpage promotes browser notification spam and redirects users to other (likely untrustworthy/hazardous) sites. The majority of visitors to pages like boasaikaipt[.]com ac

Unpleute.com Ads
Notification Spam

Unpleute.com Ads

We discovered the unpleute[.]com rogue page while investigating suspect websites. Our examination revealed that it endorses browser notification spam and generates redirects to other (likely unreliable/dangerous) sites. Most visitors to unpleute[.]com and analogous webpages access them through re

Revive Ransomware
Ransomware

Revive Ransomware

Revive is a ransomware-type program belonging to the Makop family. It is designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for the decryption. Revive appends the names of the files it encrypts with a unique ID assigned to the victim, the cyber criminals' email address, and the ".revive" extension. To e

Smartads-feed.com Ads
Notification Spam

Smartads-feed.com Ads

Smartads-feed[.]com is a rogue page discovered by our research team during a routine investigation of suspicious websites. After inspecting this webpage, we learned that it promotes browser notification spam and redirects users to different (likely dubious/dangerous) sites. The majority of visito