Threats
Protectpcscan.com Fakes Legitimate Branding and Products
Protectpcscan dot com is a misleading website that appears to have been set up for one of two purposes - either to scam people or to make illegal profits. When you land on Protectpcscan dot com - something that very... Read more
Advnotlab.com Will Get Ads in Your Browser
Advnotlab dot com is a simple, low-effort misleading website. The only purpose of its existence is to get intrusive and annoying advertising into the browsers of as many people as possible, generating revenue for the... Read more
EAF Ransomware
The EAF ransomware is a new strain of malware that was recently spotted by researchers. The ransomware does not appear to belong to any specific family of ransomware, at least under initial observation. EAF would... Read more
Videofileconvertpro.xyz Baits Visitors with Fake Video
Videofileconvertpro dot xyz is a misleading website that has been set up with a singular purpose - to push intrusive ads into the browsers of as many visitors as possible. When a user lands on Videofileconvertpro dot... Read more
Yashma Ransomware Evolves from Chaos
A new variant belonging to the Chaos ransomware family has been examined by researchers with security company Blackberry. The new variant is called Yashma and is a slight upgrade over the capabilities and feature list... Read more
DigitalPaper Adware
DigitalPaper is the name of a Mac app that displays behavior typical for ad-supported software, also known as adware. The DigitalPaper app will not contribute anything useful to your workflow or browsing experience.... Read more
Notificationdailynews.com Jams Pop-Ups in Visitor Browsers
Notificationdailynews dot com is one of the hundreds of similar domains, made up of a string of clickbait words, set up purely to get annoying pop-up ads in the browsers of as many visitors as possible. When you land... Read more
ChromeLoader is More Than an Ordinary Browser Hijacker
ChromeLoader is a browser hijacker that has been around for a while. However, over the past few days, there has been a marked increase in infections and activity. ChromeLoader does what you would expect every browser... Read more
Nordteam Ransomware
Nordteam ransomware is a new ransomware variant that belongs to the wider family of Spora ransomware clones. The ransomware encrypts most media, document, database and archive file types, rendering the majority of... Read more
Unitedearth.website Tries to Plant Ads in Browsers
Unitedearth dot website is the completely random and nonsensical name of a misleading website, set up with the exclusive purpose of planting annoying, often dangerous ads in the browsers of as many people as possible.... Read more
BlackToxic Ransomware
BlackToxic is the name of a new strain of ransomware. According to researchers, the new variant is a member of the Chaos ransomware family. BlackToxic will encrypt popular file types on the target system, leaving the... Read more
Safemacpc.xyz Sends Mixed Messages, Pushes Ads
Safemacpc dot xyz is the domain associated with a misleading website. The page hosted at the domain name has been set up with one main goal - to push advertisements in visitor browsers. The page behavior, domain name... Read more
Defenderweb.xyz Tries to Push Ads Through Scare Tactics
Defenderweb dot xyz is a misleading website, set up to scare visitors and to get them to approve push notifications. If you end up on Defenderweb dot xyz, most likely after clicking a rogue ad on a different page and... Read more
RedEngine Ransomware
A new strain of file-encrypting malware has been spotted by security researchers. The new malware belongs to the Chaos family of ransomware variants and has been named the RedEngine ransomware. RedEngine behaves a lot... Read more
UnlimitedPixel Adware
UnlimitedPixel is the unusual and randomly chosen name of a Mac app that behaves like ad-supported software, also known as adware. The UnlimitedPixel app will not contribute anything meaningful to your work or... Read more
"SMTP/Sendmail Service is Disabled" Email Scam Tries to Snag Credentials
A new scam is being passed around, using malicious emails. The name given to the new campaign is the "SMTP/Sendmail Service is Disabled" scam. The premise used by the threat actors behind the scam is pretty simple.... Read more
Pay Ransomware Joins Lineup of Xorsits Clones
A new ransomware named simply the Pay ransomware joins the family of file-encrypting ransomware strains based on the Xorsits ransomware codebase. The Pay ransomware will encrypt nearly all files on the victim system,... Read more
"Congratulations You just received TetherUSDT" Scam
There is yet another scam website being spread around using malicious links displayed in rogue ads online. The new setup is called the "Congratulations You just received TetherUSDT" scam. The scam is focused around... Read more
