Archive for October, 2015
Posted by Siren on October 29, 2015
New tab, homepage and search settings of web browsers are the most targeted areas as far as adware attacks go. Tweaking these defaults is what suffices malicious application publishers out there to make sure Internet traffic gets driven to multiple lookalike landing pages that bear hardly any informative component. That’s the exact operational vector that […]
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Posted by Siren on October 28, 2015
Helpme@freespeechmail.org, an innocuous email address at first sight, is a distinguishing attribute of a new ransomware campaign. As a result of the compromise, the respective string is automatically added at the end of every personal file stored on the computer, including .pdf and .doc objects. Furthermore, file formats can be changed to .fff or similar, […]
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Posted by Siren on October 26, 2015
The wicked idea of taking someone’s personal files hostage to then extort a ransom is trending in malware deployment workshops. If one of these ransomware programs called TeslaCrypt succeeds in intruding on a computer, it detects and encrypts all user files so that they get appended with a .ccc suffix and cannot be opened in […]
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Posted by Siren on October 23, 2015
The predicament where a computer program calling itself the Crypt0L0cker says it has encrypted one’s personal files is an awful mishap. To begin with, this ransomware isn’t kidding when making such statements. Secondly, buying decryption seems to be the only applicable method to get the data back. This post explains the anatomy of this malware […]
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Posted by Siren on October 19, 2015
DNS Unlocker application gets awful feedback while boasting unique VPN services that are allegedly built in. The reasons for this inconsistency aren’t difficult to explain as long as the hidden features of this program get unveiled. This post will give you a perfectly clear idea why this software is tagged malicious and what should be […]
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Posted by Siren on October 17, 2015
Easy Calendar seems to be an innocuous application for organizing tasks and adding reminders, but it acts as an adware and hence doesn’t belong on a computer. It may appear that no particular hazard should ever emanate from simplistic and lightweight apps like calendars, at least the inherently harmless idea underlying these sorts of programs […]
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