Over the weekend we saw the following rogue Android APK being downloaded to mobile devices via a rogue advert. It claims to…
Tag: malware
Tech support scammers get serious with screen lockers
Tech support scammers are well aware of what is going on in the malware scene and often rip off ideas and concepts…
Process Explorer: an introduction
When Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in 2006, one of the most famous tools it gained was Process Explorer. For Windows operating systems…
Petya – Taking Ransomware To The Low Level
Petya is different from the other popular ransomware these days. Instead of encrypting files one by one, it denies access to…
First Mac ransomware spotted
Apple quietly added detection of something called “KeRanger” to the XProtect anti-malware definitions in OS X on Saturday. It was revealed…
DMA Locker Strikes Back
A few days ago we published a post about a new ransomware – DMA Locker (read more here). At that time,…
DMA Locker: New Ransomware, But No Reason To Panic
DMA Locker is another ransomware that appeared at the beginning of this year. For now it has been observed to be…
LeChiffre, Ransomware Ran Manually
LeChiffre is yet another ransomware that recently has been observed to cause some major damage (in Mumbai – read more here)….
WebSearcher PUP applies Proxy Lockdown
What makes this one different? What makes this one different is that it uses a set of permissions to get the…
Inside Chimera Ransomware – the first ‘doxingware’ in wild
Ransomware have proven to be a good source of money for cybercriminals. Not surprisingly, we are nowadays facing various families of…