IncognitoSearchWeb is a generic browser hijacker infection. Its presence is accompanied by changes to your browser’s settings. In particular, incognitosearchweb.com will be set as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. These changes will come out of the blue and be made without your explicit permission. Fortunately, that is as far as the hijacker will directly affect your computer.…
Tisc ransomware is yet another file-encrypting malware from the infamous Djvu/STOP ransomware family. It adds .tisc to encrypted files, hence why it’s called Tisc ransomware. It drops a _readme.txt ransom note which explains that paying $980 is necessary in order to get the decryption tool to restore encrypted files. Unfortunately, there currently is no free decryptor available so the only way…
In September’s edition of cybersecurity news, we cover only two stories. The FBI warns that romance and sextortion scams are on the rise, with millions of dollars of reported losses already. And the REvil ransomware gang reappears under the same name after a two-month hiatus following the Kaseya ransomware attack.
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Sclotheswe.xyz is a deceptive website that will try to trick you into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do this, which is why you will see a notification saying “Sclotheswe.xyz wants to show notifications” when you visit the site. Infections like adware often redirect to sites like Sclotheswe.xyz so it’s possible your computer is infected…
JustVideoSearch is a generic browser hijacker infection that makes unwanted changes to the browser’s settings. If justvideosearch.com loads as your homepage every time you open your browser, and all your searches are done via nearbyme.io, you have this browser hijacker installed on your computer. It’s, fortunately, not a serious infection and does not directly harm the computer. It mainly tries to…
“I am sorry to inform you but your device was hacked” is the opening used in a new sextortion email campaign that threatens to publicly release users’ private videos if they do not agree to pay $1650 in Bitcoin. It’s a fairly typical sextortion scam that follows the usual pattern and doesn’t have anything particularly interesting about it. Considering that…
Eaconeno.xyz is a deceptive entertainment news website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick you into allowing push notifications. When you get redirected to this site, a browser alert will appear saying “Eaconeno.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you press “Allow”, you will start seeing intrusive advertisements on your desktop. The site is essentially misusing a legitimate browser feature…
WebSearchStreams is a browser hijacker that will set websearchstreams.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. The hijacker will not directly harm your computer so it’s not considered to be a particularly harmful infection. However, in addition to the changes, it will also attempt to redirect you to sponsored websites to generate traffic and revenue. The redirects will…