4 Cybersecurity Trends for 2022
The evergrowing threat of ransomware
2021 was an especially brutal year for businesses and organizations because of ransomware. Ransomware is by no means a new threat but it has received a significant amount of attention from governments and law enforcement organizations this year because of a few large-scale attacks. This year saw some of the biggest ransomware…
Loov ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It comes from the notorious Djvu/STOP ransomware family that has released hundreds of versions of the same ransomware in the past couple of years. They are more or less all identical to one another but you can differentiate them by the extensions they add to encrypted files. This ransomware adds .loov, which is…
Myunderthf.work is a very generic scam website that tries to trick visitors into allowing advertisements on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do that. The feature allows sites that get users’ permission to show push notifications directly on the desktop. When you get redirected to the site, you will get a browser alert saying “Myunderthf.work wants to…
Pecialukize.work is a very generic but highly suspicious website that pushes a social engineering scam. It misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show users push notifications on the desktop. This is why you will see an alert saying “Pecialukize.work wants to show notifications” immediately upon entering the site. It’s not a good idea to allow these notifications…
Nnqp ransomware is a generic file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. It’s a dangerous piece of malware that essentially takes files hostage until a ransom payment is made. Nnqp ransomware is mostly identical to most other ransomware from this family but you can differentiate it by the extension it adds to encrypted files. In this case, it’s .nnqp. These files…
Hudf ransomware is a file-encrypting malware that belongs to the Djvu/STOP malware family. While it’s not a particularly unique infection, it’s quite dangerous because it essentially takes files hostage by encrypting them. Unfortunately, unless you pay the sum requested by these cybercriminals, you will not be able to decrypt the encrypted files. If you have a backup, you should be…
Over the last couple of years, there has been a significant increase in sextortion scam emails threatening users with non-existent videos of them watching pornography. “I have got two not really pleasant news for you”, “If you want us to be silent, read”, “I am sorry to inform you but your device was hacked”, are just a few examples of…
Ringtgandmotiv.xyz is a very generic scam website. If you get redirected to it, you will immediately get a browser alert saying “Ringtgandmotiv.xyz wants to show notifications”. The site essentially misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to ask users for permission to show push notifications. However, if you grant a site like Ringtgandmotiv.xyz permission, your desktop will be spammed with…