Julie Splinters

Anti-malware specialist

Brief biography of Julie Splinters Julie Splinters is the News Editor of 2-spyware. Her bachelor was English Philology. However, her old interest in Japan and, particularly East Japan, motivated her to enter East Asia studies. While gaining knowledge about economic, political and social development of this region, she got acquainted with the issue of cyber operations capabilities. Particularly, North Korea‘s cyber capabilities became a highly intriguing topic for her leading her to this position in 2-spyware. Besides the work, she is also employed as a freelance English-Russian translator. Elaborating on her hobbies, Julie spends her free time in ballroom dance classes. Her other free time interests include martial arts and watching anime. The motto which inspires her – “Never give up.” She also admires Morgan Freeman and Phoolan Devi.

Ransomware, Viruses

Forma ransomware

Forma ransomware is a new crypto virus that uses .locked extension and targets Polish users Forma ransomware is yet another file locker that is

12 Dec 2018 Julie Splinters

Adware, Mac Viruses, Viruses

Booking.com virus

Booking.com virus is a potentially unwanted application that spreads with the help of fake Flash Player updates Booking.com virus is an adware program that

12 Dec 2018 Julie Splinters

Ransomware, Viruses

SamSam ransomware virus

SamSam a dangerous ransomware virus that is using brute-force attacks for propagation SamSam ransomware is a cryptovirus that was first spotted making rounds in

6 Dec 2018 Julie Splinters

Adware, Mac Viruses, Viruses

Osascript wants to control Safari

Osascript wants to control Safari is a fake pop-up that tries to gain access to users' Macs for malicious activities Osascript wants to control

6 Dec 2018 Julie Splinters

Ransomware, Viruses

FilesLocker ransomware v2.0

FilesLocker ransomware v2.0 is a cryptovirus that encodes your data and then demands payment in two ransom notes FilesLocker v2.0 is a ransomware

5 Dec 2018 Julie Splinters

Ransomware, Viruses

StevenSeagal ransomware

StevenSeagal ransomware is a crypto virus that denies access to your files StevenSeagal ransomware is a data locker that was discovered in late November

3 Dec 2018 Julie Splinters

News, Viruses and parasites

3ve ad fraud scheme taken down by the United States

The guilty ones for the 3ve ad fraud scheme arrested and charged with numerous crimes Google, FBI and several cyber security companies have recently reported

28 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

Adware, Viruses

Media Buzz virus

Media Buzz virus is a program related to adware-type PUP that causes intrusive behavior Media Buzz virus is yet another doubtful extension, which may

27 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

News, Viruses and parasites

Outlaw group uses botnet for scanning, cryptomining and brute-forcing

Outlaw hackers used Shellbot trojan variant to target organizations Security researchers from Trend Micro published a report about a new botnet malware distributed by so-called

23 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

Adware, Viruses

Funnwebs.com

Funnwebs.com is a program that delivers intrusive ads and targets computer and Android phone users Funnwebs.com is a PUP that can also be categorized as

23 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

Malware, Viruses

Mirai virus

Mirai malware is a sophisticated botent launched by cybercriminals in 2016 and is still active today Mirai botnet or Mirai virus is sophisticated malicious

23 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

News, Security

A security flaw in Instagram resulted in users’ password exposure

Download Your Data tool bug exposed passwords in plain text The photo and video-sharing social networking app Instagram revealed that a bug in Download Your

20 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

News, Viruses and parasites

New variant of Emotet banking trojan employs email harvesting feature

Banking trojan Emotet is back with the newest spam campaign: can also steal email content A new email spam campaign is spreading the Emotet

12 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

Adware, Viruses

Ads by AZLyrics

Ads by AZLyrics is adware that is promoted as lyrics finder application AZLyrics is a potentially unwanted program that spreads as a browser extension

12 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters

Adware, Viruses

MacRapidizer

MacRapidizer – a fake system optimization tool which provides numerous advantages to trick users into buying license MacRapidizer is a false optimization tool created

12 Nov 2018 Julie Splinters