Archive for 2017
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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In a cyber world full of predators like crypto ransomware and banking Trojans, there is also room for lower-impact infections. Browser hijackers, for example, do not affect victims’ data but cause a great deal of problems as they redirect Internet traffic to unwanted places. One of these threats called Bigpicturepop performs the function of an […]
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AOMEI Backupper is effective enough to make your important files immune to adverse ransomware impact and critical hardware failures. Data backups are now more relevant than ever. In an online world with crypto ransomware on a rampage, investing in a wise backup strategy is the perfect tradeoff between data intactness and the risk of losing […]
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It’s not only legit software that’s subject to regular updates – malicious code like ransomware is far from being a stationary target, so it tends to undergo tweaks once in a while too. The extortion-oriented strain known as CryptoMix has recently given rise to a new variant that appends the .MOLE02 extension to enciphered files. […]
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Just like commonplace tangible products, Internet traffic is a commodity that can be bought and sold. This property makes it an indispensable entity used in various online monetization frameworks. Unfortunately, such schemes can be both legit and malicious. In the case of browser redirects via Liveadexchanger.com, the profit is shady by all means. What is […]
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The ransomware lineage referred to as Xorist has got a new variant. Circulating in the wild since early June 2017, the spinoff in question appends the .fast_decrypt_and_protect@tutanota.com extension to encrypted files and drops a decryption walkthrough named HOW TO DECRYPT FILES.txt. The extortionists behind these attacks demand 3 Bitcoin for the private key, which way […]
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There’s a slew of browser hijackers roving around the Internet, but very few of them ever reach significant traffic benchmarks. The one called MyStarting123 falls under the category of particularly toxic redirect infections. It forces a victim’s browser to default to MyStarting123.com at routine events, thus wreaking havoc with online preferences and drastically impacting user […]
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The recent disconcerting WannaCry ransomware incident has obviously inspired other cybercrooks to follow suit. A slew of replicas started popping up thick and fast, some of them crude but some tailored professionally enough to become a major problem. The latest one of these derivatives dubbed UIWIX resembles its more successful prototype by the same exploit-based […]
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A ransomware strain called WannaCry is hitting the headlines of the world’s leading security resources. Such a close attention is for a reason. This infection has attacked a nuWNCRY file ransomware removermber of large companies in Europe over the past few days, and it keeps making the rounds in a steady fashion. The ransom Trojan […]
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A cybercrime group that might be affiliated with the Locky ransom Trojan have unleashed another crypto disaster called the Jaff ransomware. This release deviates from the well-trodden path that the suspected threat actors have gone since February 2016. As opposed to a rock-hard mix of RSA and AES algorithms, the new Locky lookalike uses AES-128 […]
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