Archive for July, 2017
There are perpetrating programs that impair computers directly in various ways. The infection called Trojan.Pidief.X, though, happens to be different. Its objective is to promote other malicious code. Furthermore, its activity involves a great deal of manipulation reminiscent of classic social engineering techniques. The harmful component is camouflaged as a benign PDF file, so users […]
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Ransom Trojan rarely deviate from the well-trodden extortion route. The new sample called Reyptson is one of the very few that leverage offbeat tactics when deploying its infection chain. It performs some extra reconnaissance on a contaminated computer, harvesting the victim’s email credentials in order to self-spread via spam automatically generated from the host. What […]
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Most of the extortion taking place online revolves around two things: applying crypto and locking the screen. The brand new Android ransomware called LeakerLocker utilizes one of above components and adds a unique one to the mix. It locks the home screen of an infected Android device and threatens to disclose the victim’s personal data […]
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The word “copycat” has assumed a brand-new conceptual hue with the emergence of the apropos Android malware. This polysemy is all about malicious code dubbed CopyCat. It is distributed via phishing and trojanized applications, and the subsequent impact is harsh. The malware engages in stealth malvertising, pilfers credits for installed programs, and gets high-level privileges […]
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According to recent reports on computer threat landscape, the Cerber ransomware family is the dominating one in its niche of cybercrime. It holds the top position owing to a number of characteristics. First off, the distribution channels have been consistently well-thought-out. Secondly, its code boasts anti-virtualization features to prevent analysis, and the crypto is uncrackable. […]
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The ubiquitous ransomware epidemic continues to dodge conventional defenses when plaguing users around the globe. The theme of code inheritance is in vogue with cyber extortionists for a reason. This way, they fine-tune their malicious programs to make them increasingly elusive and more difficult to crack. That’s what happened in early July 2017 with the […]
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Ideally, it’s up to the user to define web surfing preferences. Configuration flexibility of the present-day browsers is certainly an incredibly convenient hallmark simplifying one’s online experience. However, the whole handiness goes down the drain if a third-party application takes over these settings. This is the case with the potentially unwanted program (PUP) called Cleanserp. […]
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