Expeerience.top is one of many scam websites that misuse a legitimate browser feature to spam users with ads on the desktop. If you get redirected to the site, you will see a browser alert saying “Expeerience.top wants to show notifications” and if you press “Allow”, you will start seeing ads on your desktop’s right side. The ads may be potentially…
Your McAfee Subscription Has Expired scam refers to a pop-up that tries to phish credit card information by falsely claiming you need to renew your McAfee anti-virus subscription. If you press “Renew Now”, you would be asked to put in your payment card information, which would then be sent to malicious actors operating this scam. Obtaining this information is the…
Ntpositioena.top is a very generic scam website that misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show users notifications on the desktop. Only instead of useful content, the site would spam your desktop with ads. When you get redirected to the site, your browser will show an alert saying “Ntpositioena.top wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, ads…
Muuq ransomware is a generic file-encrypting malware infection that comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The gang operating these ransomware infections has released hundreds of essentially identical threats, some of which we have previously written about. You can identify this particular ransomware by the .muuq extension added to encrypted files. Currently, files with that extension are undecryptable, though that may…
Nooa ransomware will encrypt your files and demand that you pay a ransom to recover them. It comes from the notorious Djvu/STOP malware family and is one of the hundreds of versions that these cybercrooks have released in only a couple of years. This version can be differentiated from the other ones by the .nooa file extension that gets added…
In July’s edition of cybersecurity news, the cyberattack against software company Kaseya takes the central stage. It is one of the worst cyberattacks in recent history, with a record-breaking $70 million ransom demand and almost 1500 infected companies. The second story continues the theme of serious ransomware attacks as we talk about a new player in the world of ransomware…
Bikequeen1.xyz is a generic scam website that tries to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. The site is misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows websites with permission to show users notifications that appear on the desktop. Only instead of useful content, Bikequeen1.xyz would show ads, and not necessarily safe ones either.
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“You’ve Made The 9.68-Billionth Search” POP-UP Scam is just another version of a very common scam that claims you have won a prize for making a lucky search, in this case, the “9.68-billionth”. Supposedly, this giveaway is hosted by Google and it rewards every 10 millionth search. If it isn’t clear yet, this is nothing more than a scam.
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