Archive for 2016
Malware-stricken home appliances aren’t that much of a science fiction these days. Two ethical hackers took the floor at the Def Con 24 security event last week to demonstrate a proof-of-concept involving a compromise of a smart device. Andrew Tierney and Ken Munro with Pen Test Partners, a UK based penetration testing and security services […]
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There is a bevy of details and ties that can be deduced from just the name of the latest crypto infection dubbed “Cerber2”. The symptoms of an assault by this new ransomware threat include a muddle of encrypted, hence inaccessible .cerber2 files spawned across the infected computer, as well as scary warning messages that ask […]
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If someone anticipates a pleasurable online experience with the startgo123 service, it’s not that way in fact. This is one of the myriads of homepage and search hijackers floating around the worldwide web. First off, it’s malicious because people never really opt into using it – instead, their web browsers get literally invaded by this […]
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Searchboro.com and the underlying browser extension demonstrate the worst practices of browser hijacking. Windows users infected with this adware strain experience an abrupt interference with their custom online settings. Most of the time, it simply takes some attentiveness to avoid this sample as it propagates via software bundles where the default installation already includes the […]
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It doesn’t take a genius to grasp the business model behind hijackers like Youndoo.com. These PUAs (potentially unwanted applications) take control of their victims’ web browsers in order to ensure that certain portions of web traffic are being continuously obtained from all the infected Windows computers. There are tons of interested parties whose wet dream […]
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The fact that the Nuesearch browser adware is served to computers through a technically legitimate scheme is a lame excuse for its unscrupulous distributors. By incorporating its loader into the setup clients for third-party solutions where this inclusion is deliberately blurred, the ne’er-do-wells spread their hijacker to PCs whose owners have no idea that the […]
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Not every computer application that’s bundled with other software is malicious. For instance, millions of Windows users are regularly encountering Adobe Flash Player updates, where third-party products are included in the default installation routine. There is an offending facet of such packaging, though. Trotux is a potentially unwanted browser extension distributed along with some freeware […]
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Amongst a bevy of attributes exhibited by every sample of data-encrypting ransomware, the structure and text of warning messages are like fingerprints. Some of these infections try to intimidate people through blatant misinformation and exaggeration, for instance, stating that one’s files are locked with a stronger cryptosystem than it actually is. In the case of […]
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Cyber ransoms and real-world ones are hardly any different from each other. In either scenario, there is an object or set of objects stolen or made inaccessible. Then, the criminals suggest some type of correspondence to interact with the victim and communicate their demands. Computer crooks usually stick with ransom notes in several different formats, […]
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There is a malvertising scam floating around the Internet in pursuit of forcing the downloads of malicious or junk software. The cybercrooks’ scheme is very intricate as it causes Windows issues that appear realistic. The idea is to leverage a piece of malware to wreak havoc with target systems’ graphics and then recommend the victim […]
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