The BBTok is a banking Trojan written in Delphi equipped with specialized functionality that mimics the interfaces of over 40 Mexican and Brazilian banks. Its deceptive tactics involve luring victims into divulging their 2FA codes for bank accounts or their payment card numbers. Additionally, BBT
IRATA is the name of an Android-specific malware. This program has spyware and stealer capabilities. It was discovered after a smishing (SMS phishing) attack in Iran. This campaign entailed legitimate-looking SMSes containing a link to a fake governmental website. The page urged visitors to downlo
During an examination of the Shop and Watch browser extension, we discovered that it displays annoying advertisements. Thus, Shop and Watch can be classified as adware. Also, Shop and Watch adds the "Managed by your organization" feature to Chrome browsers and can read various data. Users should n
While analyzing an untrustworthy installer obtained from an unreliable website, we came across the AnkylosaurusMagniventris browser extension. The investigation revealed troubling attributes linked to this extension, including its capacity to enable the "Managed by your organization" setting in th
LostTrust is the name of a ransomware variant discovered by us while examining malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. The purpose of LostTrust is to encrypt data to make it inaccessible to victims. Also, LostTrust appends the ".losttrustencoded" extension to filenames and delivers a ransom note
While investigating deceptive sites, we discovered an installer containing the NXD Fix browser extension. This piece of software is classified as a browser hijacker. However, NXD Fix does not operate as a standard hijacker, i.e., it does not modify browser settings and does not routinely redirect
Upon examining notif-next[.]com, it has been discovered that the main purpose of this site is to trick unsuspecting visitors into allowing it to send them notifications. Additionally, notif-next[.]com may redirect visitors to other (potentially harmful) websites. For these reasons, users should no
After assessing the News Directory application, it has been established that its primary function is to operate as a browser hijacker with the aim of promoting a legitimate search engine. This extension hijacks a web browser by changing its settings. Users often add browser hijackers without knowi
Our research team discovered the ChatGPT Check browser extension while investigating untrustworthy websites. We found a page pushing an installation setup containing this extension and ChatGPT Check's "official" promotional page. The latter described it as a tool for those who do not want to crea
Apocalipse is a malicious program based on Chaos ransomware. Our researchers discovered it while investigating new submissions to the VirusTotal platform. Malware within the ransomware classification is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for its decryption. On our test machine, Apocalips