Mystarting123 forces your browser to initiate every new session with Mystarting123 sponsored pages. It is an invasive routine that propagates under so-called bundled installation. This scheme implies the user is to download and install some free content. The installation does not openly declare Mystarting123. Quite in contrary, […]
Read more →Fireball virus operates on a browser level. It shows how weird the modern cyber world is. On the one hand, the app is a recognized instance of computer infection. On the other hand, Rafotech, the malware distributor, is a registered business headquartered in Beijing. It security reports […]
Read more →Starting with the cellular operator Telefonica in Spain and hospitals in the UK, the extortion virus known as WannaCry already attacked more than 250,000 computers around the world. Most of the attacks were recorded in Russia. What is WannaCry? WannaCry or WCry infects only Windows computers. It […]
Read more →WannaCrypt is a virus that encrypts user data and changes the extension of infected files. For example, the format of the Windows shortcut is EXE. If the file is corrupted, you will notice that the EXE extension will change to WNCRY. The virus was called ransomware because […]
Read more →IT security experts report the release of Cerber 6 containing a range of important modifications that separate this edition from any preceding version. Detection of the new threat dates back to the end of March 2017. While relying chiefly on infecting via mass-mailing, the ransomware is much […]
Read more →Cerber extortion plague keeps evolving. Despite the infection is very old in terms of the cyber world standards, its new versions ensure the threat poses critical challenges to IT security. There are two essential updates in the new version under review. First, the ransomware assigns a distinct […]
Read more →New version of Dharma ransomware sticks to the following file renaming pattern: filename.id-XXXXXXXX.[[email protected]].wallet. Original filename remains. The scheme shows it is followed by new email address. Actually, the crooks operate a fairly limited number of email accounts. They perhaps would use only one, but the providers block […]
Read more →AES-NI ransomware sounds very polite as for the malware of its kind. It apologizes for executing its encryption payload, yet insists you need to pay. Otherwise, the remote server is not going to release the decryption key. The latter is the only plausible means which can undo […]
Read more →The new version of Dharma ransomware uses [email protected] email and .wallet file extension. The victims are supposed to contact the respected threat actors sending them a message with appropriate ID. In response, the crooks notify the poor fellow of the ransom amount payable in bitcoins, as well […]
Read more →GlobeImposter 2.0 virus is a new variant of well known HappyDayzz ransomware. GlobeImposter 2.0 proliferates as its distributors apply a wide variety of infection vectors to drop its copies. They use extended botnets, spamming, software vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, too many users do not ensure the safety of the […]
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