While inspecting new submissions to VirusTotal, our research team discovered the SharedFormat application. After examining this piece of software, we determined that it is adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. This app is designed to display advertisements, and it may have additional ha
Our team has examined securityguardplus[.]site and found that this page uses deceptive marketing to promote legitimate antivirus software. It shows deceptive messages to trick visitors into believing that their computers might be infected. We determined that securityguardplus[.]site runs the "You'
Stealc is the name of an information-stealing malware. It targets a wide variety of data associated with browsers, messaging software, cryptocurrency wallets, and other apps/extensions. According to Stealc's developers, it was created by relying on Vidar, Raccoon, Mars, and RedLine stealers. Natu
MEDUSA is ransomware that encrypts data, appends the ".MEDUSA" extension to filenames, and drops the "!!!READ_ME_MEDUSA!!!.txt" file, which contains a ransom note. Our team discovered MEDUSA while examining samples submitted to VirusTotal. An example of how MEDUSA modifies filenames: it renames "
While investigating rogue installation setups, we found one promoting the search-good.com illegitimate search engine. Websites of this kind are typically endorsed (through redirects) by browser-hijacking software. During our analysis, we discovered search-good.com being promoted by a browser hijac
During our analysis of malware samples submitted to the VirusTotal page, we came across a ransomware strain dubbed Jron. Upon further investigation, we determined that Jron belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. Jron encrypts data, alters file names, presents a pop-up window, and generates a tex
While reviewing untrustworthy sites, our researchers encountered the topcaptchatoday[.]top rogue webpage. Our team discovered two appearance variants of this page; both employed a hoax CAPTCHA test to lure visitors into consenting to this spam browser notification delivery. It is worth mentioning
Insekt is the name of a remote access trojan (RAT). Malware of this type is designed to give an attacker remote access and control over a victim's computer system. Insekt RAT is developed using GoLang programming language and is compiled to run on both Windows and Linux systems. Alchimist
Tils is a ransomware-type program discovered by our researchers during a routine inspection of new submissions to VirusTotal. Malware within this category is designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for its decryption. After we executed a sample of Tils on our testing system, it encrypted file
While investigating adsforcomputertech[.]com, we discovered that the website aims to deceive its visitors into consenting to receive notifications. Moreover, the site redirects users to similar web pages. Our team stumbled upon adsforcomputertech[.]com while examining pages that employ dubious adv