Gabriel E. Hall is a passionate malware researcher who has been working for 2-spyware for almost a decade. After starting as one of contributors, now she works as a Senior Editor of the project.
Every single night she dreams of the safer online world; however, each of her mornings starts with the disappointing industry news reporting about newly-found malware. During her long years spent in IT industry, she has accumulated an extensive background related to computer security.
She prepared hundreds of malware removal guides that helped people prevent different kinds of viruses. Several years ago, she also started writing her personal blog covering such themes as ransomware, phishing attacks, tech support scams and malware distribution strategies.
When she isn’t on the latest viruses, Gabriel spends time connecting with her friends and family. She also loves good music, food and reading interior design magazines.
Microsoft discovers recent Iranian hacking group Phosphorus campaigns that target politicians in the U.S Yesterday Microsoft disclosed that state-sponsored Iranian hackers tried to hack
Lost Files ransomware is a virus that marks files with .Lost_Files_Encrypt marker but changes the data code entirely to corrupt the file Lost_Files ransomware
The critical flaw that is exploited in the wild affects phone models from Samsung, Huawei, Pixel, and others Google security researcher and Project Zero
Qqoo.club is the fake search engine that provides nothing but intrusive advertisements and altered search results Qqoo.club is the program related to ad-supported sites
Nodersok is the fileless malware that turns systems into proxies to perform click-fraud Nodersok malware is the Trojan already known for its malicious campaigns
Security software maker Comodo admitted that it suffered data breach due to the vBulletin CVE-2019-16759 vulnerability The Comodo discussion forum, also known as ITarian has
New data breach disclosed: a serial hacker Gnosticplayers snatched data from 218 million “Words with Friends” gamers Zynga Inc., one of the most successful
Android app developers are found overcharging users after they forgot to cancel app trial period Google aimed to eliminate some applications from the Play
New fileless Nodersok malware brings Node.js and WinDiver LOLBins to operate a click-fraud scheme New dangerous malware strain has been spotted in the wild.
Researchers reveal code similarities between Sodinokibi/REvil and GandCrab: is the previous ransomware developer retirement fake? In-depth code analysis of REvil or Sodinokibi malware revealed
Smart Mac Booster – an alternative version of bogus system optimizers such as Advanced Mac Cleaner Smart Mac Booster is a potentially unwanted application
An unidentified hacker published zero-day vulnerability in vBulletin forum software package On Tuesday, a critical vBulletin zero-day flaw was published by an anonymous hacker and
Lilocked ransomware is a cryptovirus that targets Linux-based servers and runs Exim software to get on the system Lilocked ransomware, also known as Lilu