Flip-search.com is a Web page that hosts a basic search engine. This website does not receive a lot of traffic, and there seem to be many online complaints by users who started seeing Flip-search.com in their Web browser, even though they have not used this website previously. This weird change may be owed to the fact that Flip-search.com appears to be affiliated with Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and browser hijackers designed to manipulate the settings of Web browsers. A software of...

The Adr Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that blocks media such as documents by encrypting it. The Adr Ransomware also removes the files' names and replaces them with random characters and a static 'adr' extension. All Windows users should have secure backups for restoring any affected media and let a preferred anti-malware solution remove the Adr Ransomware from infected computers. The way a file-locking Trojan gets onto a victim's computer is, perhaps, more critical than the...

The CoderWare Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan independent of Ransomware-as-a-Service or open-source families. The CoderWare Ransomware can block media like documents through encryption, like most threats of this type, and deliver ransom messages in pop-ups and text readme files. Windows users should have backups for recovering without paying and let their choice of cyber-security service uninstall the CoderWare Ransomware where appropriate. With the same sensationalism already...

The DoNot APT, also known as DoNot Team, APT-C-35, and SectorE02, is a cybercrime organization whose activities are believed to have started in 2012. They have been paying extra attention to mobile malware campaigns recently by introducing Android threats like the  Firestarter Trojan . The group's operations are usually focused on the Asia region, and many of their victims reside in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Bangladesh. However, the scope of the hackers has sometimes...

The Firestarter Trojan is a threatening Android application that appears to be the product of an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group tracked under the alias  DoNot .  The hackers' latest campaign is focused on India, Pakistan, and countries involved in the 2020 Kashmir conflict. The payload in question is a basic Trojan loader that uses a legitimate cloud communication platform to establish a connection with the control server, exfiltrate data and retrieve payloads. The Firestarter...

Virnews.club is a misleading page that hosts a fake video player, which mimics YouTube's design. Users might think that it is trying to play a video, because it will show a prompt asking them to click 'Allow' to continue video playback. However, performing this interaction will result in a different change – your Web browser will start accepting notifications from Virnews.club. This change is not harmful, but it may ruin your Web browsing experience by forcing you to see dozens of...

Enspread.top is a misleading page engaging in a variant of the 'Please press Allow to continue' pop-ups tactic. This tactic is not threatening, but falling for it may have some annoying consequences. Pages like Enspread.top use browser notifications to deliver a constant stream of intrusive advertisements, which may sometimes take you to non-trustworthy websites. It also is not uncommon for the Enspread.top notifications to lead users to other tactics, low-quality products/services, and other...

Psalrausoa.com is a browser-based tactic that wants to trick you into giving this page permission to use your browser notifications. The consequences of this change are not severe, but they may undermine your Web browsing experience slightly. If you are subscribed to this website's notifications, you will see plenty of Psalrausoa.com notifications whenever you start your Web browser. Psalrausoa.com's notifications contain advertisements exclusively, and it is possible they might take...

Mainchargenews.com is a Web page designed to display deceptive instructions that want to trick you into allowing the page to use your Web browser notifications. If this change is permitted, Mainchargenews.com will begin to use this feature regularly and to deliver a constant stream of advertisements to your Web browser. This behavior is not unsafe, but it can be rather annoying since you will end up exposed to non-relevant content. The trick that Mainchargenews.com uses to take...

The FileEngineering Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's not part of a known family. The FileEngineering Ransomware can block most files on Windows computers through encryption, adds extensions to their names with ransoming details, and creates security engineer-themed ransom notes in Notepad. Users with adequate backups should suffer little damage from infections, and most AV vendors should provide solutions for safely removing the FileEngineering Ransomware. Most file-locking...

The Chinese hackers tracked under the alias TA428 or Vicious Panda are a highly-experienced Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known for engaging in attacks against major targets in the Asia region. The group is known for using both public Remote Access Trojans (RATs) like Poison Ivy , as well as privately developed versions such as the unique Cotx RAT. In their most recent campaign, the TA428 hackers introduced a new project, which appears to go under the name Tmanger. Cybersecurity...

The BBtok Trojan is a hybrid banking Trojan and backdoor Trojan that collects bank account credentials and provides attackers with command-based control over infected PCs. It may spread through e-mail tactics that trick victims into opening corrupted attachments and create symptoms such as fake pop-up notifications for bank account security. Affected Windows users should disable network connections and remove the BBtok Trojan through anti-malware services before changing all compromised...

Modern malware developers put a lot of time and effort into making their threatening programs difficult to decompile, analyze and detect. These are the exact properties found in the newly discovered BlackRota Backdoor, which was written in the Go programming language. According to malware researchers, the BlackRota project features heavy obfuscation, which makes it difficult to reverse-engineer the malware and get a good understanding of its modus operandi. What is known for now is that the...

Variants of the 'Please press Allow to continue' scam continue to bother internet users on a daily basis. Thousands of websites host a version of this scam, and users are likely to across them while looking for pirated software/media, movie/sports streams, or other low-quality content. One of the pages hosting such deceptive pop-ups is Hilycover.top. It tells visitors that they must confirm they are not a robot before continuing further and urges them to press 'Allow' to do this. However,...

Lumnyalcolm.top is a misleading website, which pretends to allow visitors to download files that they were searching for online. However, if a user tries to interact with Lumnyalcolm.top, they may see a bogus prompt telling them to click 'Allow' to continue with their download. Interacting with this button has nothing to do with file downloads, and its purpose is to command your Web browser to accept notifications from Lumnyalcolm.top. Users who allow this change may end up receiving dozens...

Users who try to search the Internet for free-to-watch movies and TV series may often come across suspicious content such as malware or less threatening applications like Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs.) MovieSearchTV falls into the latter category. This is a browser extension, which promises to help users discover entertaining streaming movies and series, but, in reality, it reconfigures Web browsers to use an alternative search service and new tab page. The pages that MovieSearchTV...

The Fireee Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of the small family of the Makop Ransomware. The Fireee Ransomware can block most files on infected Windows computers through encrypting them with AES and may conduct additional attacks, such as delivering extortionist ransom notes, changing files' names or wiping some backups. Users with anti-malware tools can remove the Fireee Ransomware safely and should use any unharmed backups for data restoration. Despite not being nearly one...

The REDROMAN Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan of an unknown family. It can block files with encryption, modify various network settings, and demand ransoms through three separate HTML notes. Users should ignore the ransoms and recover from any secured backup, if possible, while having their favored security solution remove the REDROMAN Ransomware from their computer. File-locking Trojans outside of Ransomware-as-a-Services are, frequently, less secure than their RaaS counterparts....

The World Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of the Dharma Ransomware family, a Ransomware-as-a-Service. Although RaaS infection methods may change with new affiliates, this family's payload is consistent, including blocking files with secure encryption, deleting backups, and creating ransom notes. Users should invest in appropriate backups for recovering from infections after a preferred security solution removes the World Ransomware. For threat actors with interests in...

The WAP networking protocol was very popular on mobile devices in the 2000s, but it has since been replaced by modern, high-speed networks like 3G, 4G, and 5G. However, many users might be unaware that modern mobile devices still have full support for the WAP network, and threat actors have started to target this specific service. WAPDropper is a newly identified Android malware strain that works by exploiting the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) to sign up users for premium services and...