In this year’s first edition of cybersecurity news headlines, we discuss 4 stories. More specifically, the arrest of REvil gang members, a cyberattack on Ukraine’s government websites, hackers stealing $34 million from Crypto.com, and a cyberattack on the Red Cross organization. For some, it’s been a particularly devastating start of the year, with stolen money and exposed data. However, Russian…
Qqqe ransomware is yet another file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. It’s a dangerous malware infection that will encrypt personal files and demand money in exchange for their decryption. It’s fairly typical ransomware, though that does not mean it’s not dangerous. Once files are encrypted, you will not be able to open them unless you first decrypt them using…
Yoqs ransomware is a generic malware infection operated by the Djvu/STOP ransomware gang. The hacker group is responsible for releasing hundreds of ransomware versions, with Yoqs being one of the more recent ones. These versions are usually quite similar but it’s possible to identify them by the extensions they add to encrypted files. This one adds .yoqs. You will not…
Killsexkcell.com is a pretty generic website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to do that. As soon as you’re redirected to the site, you’ll be shown a browser alert saying “Killsexkcell.com wants to show notifications”. If you allow the notifications, your desktop will be spammed…
Smart.bytemarkup.xyz is a questionable website that displays various scams. Currently, it’s promoting a tech-support scam. When you get redirected to the site, you will see a “Windows Security Recommendation!” window that says you should download McAfee anti-virus in order to clean your computer. If you engage with this scam, you would eventually be redirected to a tech-support scam. It should…
Mentwrence.com is one of the thousands of scam websites that try to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. When you visit the site, usually involuntarily, you will immediately get a browser alert saying “Mentwrence.com wants to show notifications”. The feature that allows sites to show push notifications on the desktop is actually legitimate, though it’s obviously misused by…
McAfee Security Center Notice is a fake virus alert that may appear in your browser when you’re browsing questionable websites without an adblocker program installed. It’s essentially a pop-up ad that tries to trick you into downloading unsafe programs and paying for subscriptions you neither need nor want. It goes without saying that this is a scam but it has…
Rplnd15.com is a very generic scam website that tries to trick users into allowing advertisements on the desktop by misusing a legitimate browser feature. The feature allows sites with permission to show notifications on users’ desktops. This is why you will see a notification saying “Rplnd15.com wants to show notifications” when you visit the site. While legitimate sites would show useful…