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What kind of email is "VOIP Call Messaging Service"?

After examining the "VOIP Call Messaging Service" email, we learned that it is spam. This fake message notifies of a received voicemail. The spam mails aims to trick recipients into providing their email log-in credentials (passwords) to a phishing site.

What kind of email is "I've Got Access To Your Smartphone"?

After reading the "I've Got Access To Your Smartphone" email, we determined that it is spam promoting a sextortion scam. Spam mail of this kind aims to trick recipients into transferring money to scammers by claiming that a sexually explicit video featuring them was recorded through their devices. Supposedly, the footage will be leaked unless the senders are paid.

It must be emphasized that all the information in the "I've Got Access To Your Smartphone" email is false – hence, it poses no threat to the recipients.

What is "Your Caller Left A Audio Message"?

Our team has inspected this email and discovered that it is a fake security alert regarding a received audio message. It is created with a purpose to fraudulently obtain personal information from recipients. Such emails are classified as phishing attempts. Recipients are highly advised to ignore emails of this type.

What kind of page is gadscare[.]top?

Our research team found the gadscare[.]top rogue page while browsing dubious websites. Gadscare[.]top promotes spam browser notifications and redirects users to other (likely unreliable/dangerous) sites.

The majority of visitors to gadscare[.]top and analogous websites enter them through redirects produced by pages utilizing rogue advertising networks.

What kind of page is prasst[.]com?

During our analysis of prasst[.]com, we noticed that this web page uses a deceptive technique to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. When sites like prasst[.]com have this permission, they bombard users with fake warnings and other notifications. Thus, users should not agree to get notifications from prasst[.]com and similar pages.

What kind of page is crughtshlocyal[.]com?

Our researchers discovered crughtshlocyal[.]com while inspecting suspect websites. This rogue page operates by promoting browser notification spam and redirecting users to different (likely untrustworthy/hazardous) sites.

Most visitors to crughtshlocyal[.]com and similar webpages access them through redirects generated by websites utilizing rogue advertising networks.

What kind of page is sss-2024-new[.]com?

While examining sss-2024-new[.]com, we learned that it uses clickbait, a misleading tactic to lure visitors into agreeing to receive its notifications. As a rule, such sites are accessed unintentionally. If a page like sss-2024-new[.]com is encountered, it should be closed and never allowed to send notifications.

What kind of email is "Maintenance Protection"?

Our examination of the "Maintenance Protection" email revealed that it is spam. The letter states that due to account restrictions, some of the email features were disabled. The goal of this phishing campaign is to deceive recipients into disclosing their email account log-in credentials (passwords).

What kind of malware is blackZluk?

Our researchers discovered the blackZluk ransomware while investigating new submissions to the VirusTotal website. Ransomware is designed to encrypt files and demand payment for the decryption.

After we launched a sample of blackZluk on our system, it encrypted files and appended their filenames with a ".blackZluk" extension. Original name like "1.jpg" appended as "1.jpg.blackZluk", "2.png" as "2.png.blackZluk", and so on. Once this process was completed, a ransom note titled "#RECOVERY#.txt" was created.

What kind of page is allowtube[.]com?

Our inspection of allowtube[.]com has revealed that this is a fraudulent web page created to deceive visitors into agreeing to receive its notifications. As a rule, sites like allowtube[.] generate untrustworthy notifications. For these reasons, it is advisable not to visit allowtube[.] or allow it to deliver notifications.