FTC banned Retina-X Studios-produced stalkerware apps
Retina-X Studios violates the FTC Act and COPPAR by producing stalkerware apps PhoneSheriff, TeenShield, and MobileSpy On October 22, 2019, The US Federal Trade Commission released a
Iranian hacking tools hijacked by Turla group to perform cyber-espionage
Russian hackers masqueraded as Iranian threat group OilRig by using its tools to perform spying attacks in 35 countries, says NSA and NCSC The
A new STOP decryptor allows most victims to recover files for free
A new set of tools from Emsisoft allows most of STOP ransomware victims to recover their data for free New Zealand-based antivirus maker Emsisoft
Pingclock.net
Pingclock.net is a redirect virus that engages in malicious behavior on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or other browsers Pingclock.net is a malicious domain that
Phorpiex botnet used in sextortion email spam campaign
After 10 years, Phorpiex botnet is still active After being active for around 10 years, Phorpiex (aka Trik) botnet has recently been delivering millions
Monero-mining malware found in the European international airport
Security researchers uncovered crypto-malware that affected over 50% of the systems of an unknown European airport Cyberbit research team detected a new strain of
Complete System Care
Complete System Care is the tool that claims to fix registry errors, manage programs and protect the system from malware Complete System Care is
WAV audio files filled with the malicious Monero miner and backdoors
A malicious code with Monero cryptominers and backdoors is found hidden in WAV audio files As BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers note, they discovered a
Apple accused of sending user browsing data to China’s tech giant Tencent
“Fraudulent Website Warning” function included in Safari reveals user's IP addresses to Chinese company Tencent Recently, reports about Apple transferring user browsing data to China
Postage company Pitney Bowes falls victim to ransomware
Global mailing and shipping company suffers from malware attack that encrypts systems and disrupts its work Pitney Bowes, a global mailing and shipping company,
White hat’s revenge: Muhstik actors hacked back, decryption keys released
White hat hacker battleck hacked into Muhstik ransomware-used servers and released almost 3,000 decryption keys to public Tobias Frömel, a programmer from Germany, had some good
Tikotin.com redirect
Tikotin.com is the shady program that hijacks web browser and delivers questionable content Tikotin.com is the browser redirect that gets promoted via other PUPs
iTunes zero-day exploited to install BitPaymer ransomware on Windows
Attackers use iTunes zero-day to bypass the detection of anti-virus software Security researchers from Morphisec discovered a new campaign that exploits a component in
Search.obituarysearchtab.com
Search.obituarysearchtab.com – a browser hijacker that promotes nationalweatheragency.org, news.mynewswire.co, familyecho.com, and similar websites Search.obituarysearchtab.com, also known as Obituary Search, is marked as a browser hijacker that
News-venere.com
News-venere.com – a push notifications virus that mysteriously modifies browser homepage and new tab search News-venere.com is an advertising domain that starts pushing bogus