While visiting (and inspecting) illegal movie streaming, torrent, and similar pages, we discovered topsurvey24[.]top. This page runs a fake survey to promote other deceptive pages and asks permission to show notifications. It is not recommended to visit such pages and allow them to deliver notific
EntrySample is a piece of rogue software that we discovered while checking out new submissions to VirusTotal. After analyzing this application, we determined that it is adware belonging to the AdLoad malware family. Adware enables the placement of advertisements on visited websites and/o
While inspecting dubious software-promoting sites, our research discovered the Easy Files Downloading browser extension. It is presented as a download management tool. After analyzing this extension, we determined that it operates as adware. Advertising-supported software (adware) enables
Healthy is a rogue application, which our analysis revealed to be advertising-supported software (adware). Apps within this classification operate by running intrusive advertisement campaigns, i.e., by displaying ads. Adware enables the placement of third-party graphical content (e.g., pop
H0lyGh0st, also known as HolyGhost, is a ransomware-type program. It is designed to encrypt data and demand ransom for the decryption. Furthermore, H0lyGh0st infections are known to involve double extortion tactics (i.e., additional threats involving data leaks). This malware has been linked to N
Cleancaptcha[.]top is a deceptive website that we discovered while inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks. It displays deceptive content (a fake CAPTCHA) to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Additionally, cleancaptcha[.]top redirects to scam websites.
While inspecting scam webpages, our researchers discovered one promoting the Strength rogue application. After analyzing this app, we determined that it operates as advertising-supported software (adware). Adware is designed to deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns (i.e., display ads o
ApolloRAT is a piece of malicious software categorized as a RAT (Remote Access Trojan). Malware of this kind enables remote access and control over infected devices. ApolloRAT is written in Python. Programming languages like Python typically rely on compilers. The developers of this RAT used the
Our researchers discovered the Ggwq ransomware-type program during a routine inspection of new malware submissions to VirusTotal. This malicious program is part of the Djvu ransomware family. After being launched onto our test machine, Ggwq encrypted files and appended their names with the ".ggwq
While examining malware samples submitted to the VirusTotal page, our team came across ransomware called Xrom, which belongs to the Dharma family. Xrom encrypts files and appends the victim's ID, money21@onionmail.org email address, and the ".xrom" extension to filenames. Also, it drops the "FILES