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Viceice exemplifies a subgroup of offending software that focuses on wreaking havoc with its victims’ Internet navigation. Specifically, if the aforementioned sample finds itself inside a Windows computer, both the default browser and other popular browsers running on the system will get out of hand. The homepage URL, new tab page and quite likely the […]
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As innocuous as they mostly are, freeware applications may cause problems indirectly because computer users often install potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) along the way and don’t even know it. The app called Innovate Direct exercises this sort of a drive-by propagation, where its stub installer stealthily accompanies simplistic media players, file downloaders and the like. […]
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The word “Petya” is the transliterated informal for Pyotr, a popular Russian name. A lot of its recent implications, however, have to do with a big computer security issue. Cybercriminals who are most likely operating from the above-mentioned state have devised a highly destructive piece of malicious code and named it the “Petya ransomware”. Not […]
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Adware creators keep spawning applications that tweak computer users’ browser settings in a bid to drive traffic to certain web resources. Those landing sites look a lot like popular search providers but they are in fact just pathetic replicas thereof. Whereas some users may fail to notice the furtive substitution, the fact that their machines […]
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Every ransomware attack is accompanied by a number of distinct indicators of compromise, which are unique for different strains of file encrypting threats. First and foremost, these include the crypto key exchange workflow, the extensions added to victims’ files, and things like ransom notes that instruct infected users on data recovery. If the latter IOC […]
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When downloading apps for the Android mobile platform, the last thing users want is get a piece of nagging code that constantly interrupts device usage. Most of these issues occur as a result of software downloads from unofficial resources – in the case of Android, it’s anything other than Google Play. The application called Quick […]
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MPC Cleaner claims to cure a vast spectrum of computer performance issues and promises users to protect their web browsing environment. This sure appears to be a luring deal as long as the utility does everything stated. On the other hand, users have been complaining about high intrusiveness, false positives and harsh interference with the […]
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The use of RSA-4096 public-key encryption is not restricted to legitimate purposes such as the protection of classified governmental or military documents. This extremely strong cryptosystem has also become a dangerous instrument in extortionists’ hands. Ransomware plagues like TeslaCrypt demonstrate how technologies preventing data leakage can turn into an inalienable part of cybercrime infrastructure. The […]
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Operators of the Locky ransomware fraud appear to be exercising their extortion skills in several ways. They deposit their payload onto computers through a technique similar to the one leveraged by distributors of the Dridex banking Trojan. The virus tweaks filenames along with encrypting files themselves, thus considerably aggravating the recovery routine. And of course […]
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With the browser plugin called Torrents Time, computer users are able to stream torrents right inside their browser. This lightweight applet supports both Windows and Mac OS X, and it’s compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari. On the one hand, people no longer have to install the client proper, which is […]
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