Archive for 2016
Most computer viruses are written for specific malevolent objectives, typically ones related to financial gain in one way or another. Infections like the Memz trojan, however, go beyond this mercantile paradigm. The above-mentioned app appears to be built for wreaking havoc with any Windows machine it ends up on, period. It calls forth multiple glitches […]
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Today’s web search landscape is versatile, with a vast range of keyword lookup services being available to end users. All it takes to use a specific provider on a permanent basis is some simple toggling of browser preferences. But what if a certain page, such as Nefryhok Search, keeps popping up in a browser without […]
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It’s difficult to overestimate the importance of organizing and backing up photos. Aside from the apparent ease and convenience of finding the right picture whenever it’s needed, such an approach also allows safeguarding invaluable digital memories against computer threats like crypto ransomware. When looking for a tool to secure photos, though, it’s strongly recommended to […]
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The recent emergence of the cryptovirus called Fantom evokes some nontrivial contemplations. The first portion of food for thought is whether educational ransomware initiatives are more useful than harmful. Another consideration has to do with the extent to which users should trust the very look and feel of commonplace system processes, such as critical updates. […]
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Successful free recovery of data locked by crypto ransomware is a function of whether or not backups are available. This, unfortunately, isn’t the case most the time. Users should be prepared for this growing menace and make sure they needn’t submit Bitcoins to redeem their critical personal files. When hit by Cerber3, the third version […]
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Taxpayers over in Canada are being targeted by a large-scale fraud, where threat actors pretend to act on behalf of Canada Revenue Agency. Unsuspecting people have been receiving rogue emails, text messages and phone calls insisting that they pay an inexistent fiscal debt, claim a tax refund or receive INTERAC e-Transfer from CRA by submitting […]
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In pursuit of effective ways to serve malicious software to Windows computers, cybercrooks often bank on different types of social engineering. In one of the recent hoaxes, the criminals have been sending emails with rogue subpoenas allegedly on behalf of the Australian Federal Police. This scam, obviously, targets Australians and tries to infect their machines […]
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Security analysts have been noting a considerable volume of malware-tainted spam sent out from orderconfirmation@esab.co.uk. The emails titled “Order Confirmation-[random number string]” are disguised as if they were hailing from ESAB, a well-known manufacturer of industrial equipment. That’s not true, though. The menacing part of this phish is all about the .docm attachment that installs […]
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In the ongoing battle with crypto ransomware, the security industry is still lagging behind. What experts are mostly trying to do is revert the damage after the attack rather than prevent the predicament. In the case of the so-called Nemucod family of ransom Trojans, the contamination is usually beyond the reach of conventional antimalware. Delivered […]
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Although the Windows infection dubbed the Hitler-Ransomware isn’t currently in active real-world rotation, a couple of its characteristics are quite disturbing and make the sample a more hazardous threat than the commonplace ransom Trojans. The malicious specimen that researchers were able to spot and analyze appears to be buggy. It causes the compromised OS to […]
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