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Retirement Funds Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Retirement Funds Email Scam

After inspecting the "Retirement Funds" email, we determined that it is spam operating as a phishing scam. This letter is disguised as a notification from Principal regarding recipients' retirement funds. It must be emphasized that this email is fake, and it is in no way associated with Principal

Mailbox Quota Exceeded Email Scam
Phishing/Scam

Mailbox Quota Exceeded Email Scam

"Mailbox Quota Exceeded" is a phishing spam campaign. We inspected two email variants belonging to this campaign. Both versions inform recipients that their email account storage quota has been exceeded and needs to be increased. When attempts are made to update the account, users get redirected

Mypcdefenderplus.site Ads
Notification Spam

Mypcdefenderplus.site Ads

We have examined mypcdefenderplus[.]site and found that this is a deceptive page running the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam. We also noticed that mypcdefenderplus[.]site wants to send notifications. Our team discovered this site while inspecting pages that use rogue advertisin

Lilustriousdates.net Ads
Notification Spam

Lilustriousdates.net Ads

Our research team found the lilustriousdates[.]net rogue page while investigating untrustworthy websites. It is designed to promote dubious content and spam browser notifications. Furthermore, this webpage can redirect visitors elsewhere (likely unreliable/malicious sites). Most users access page

KEEPCALM Ransomware
Ransomware

KEEPCALM Ransomware

KEEPCALM is ransomware that we have discovered during an analysis of malware samples submitted to the VirusTotal site. The purpose of KEEPCALM is to encrypt files. Also, it creates the "ReadMe.txt" file (a ransom note) and modifies filenames (appends the victim's ID, josealen@tutanota.com email ad

IGP Legal Email Virus
Phishing/Scam

IGP Legal Email Virus

We have determined that this email is fraudulent and has been written by cybercriminals with the intent of tricking the recipients into infecting their computers. This email is disguised as a letter from IPG Legal, claiming that it has a long overdue invoice attached to it. The purpose of the emai

Captchaforcaptcha.top Ads
Notification Spam

Captchaforcaptcha.top Ads

Captchaforcaptcha[.]top is a rogue webpage that we discovered while checking out suspicious websites. At the time of research, this page had two appearance variants – both designed to promote spam browser notifications. Furthermore, captchaforcaptcha[.]top can redirect visitors to other (likely un

ResultProtocol Adware (Mac)
Mac Virus

ResultProtocol Adware (Mac)

During our investigation of various deceptive web pages (e.g., those offering updates for supposedly outdated software), our team discovered a questionable application called ResultProtocol. Upon installation, ResultProtocol began displaying unwanted advertisements, leading us to classify this a

Alice Ransomware
Ransomware

Alice Ransomware

Our researchers found the Alice ransomware while investigating new malware submissions to VirusTotal. Malicious programs within this classification operate by encrypting data and demanding payment for decryption. After we executed a sample of Alice on our test machine, it encrypted files and appe

Files Downloader Expert Adware
Adware

Files Downloader Expert Adware

Files Downloader Expert is an application that our team discovered on a suspicious website, though the app also has an official site. Upon testing the application, we discovered that it is a browser extension that displays intrusive advertisements. Due to this behavior, we have classified Files Do