Mportantly.online is a scam website that pushes a social engineering scam. When you get redirected to the site, you will see a browser pop-up appear saying “Mportantly.online wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, intrusive advertisements will start appearing on your desktop. The site misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites with permission to show notifications. However, instead…
MovieSearchHome is a generic browser hijacker that will make unwanted changes to your browser’s settings. It will set portal.moviesearchhome.com as your homepage and searchlee.com as your default search engine in order to redirect you to sponsored websites. It will not directly harm your computer so it’s not a particularly dangerous infection but you will want to get rid of it…
StreamSearchApp is a generic browser hijacker that may suddenly hijack your browser and make unwanted changes. More specifically, it would set portal.streamsearchapp.com as the homepage and searchlee.com as the default search engine. These changes are done in order to redirect you to sponsored websites, which is the main purpose of such infections. It should not directly harm your computer but there…
In August’s edition of cybersecurity news, we cover a cyberattack on T-Mobile, Apple’s new child sex abuse imagery screening feature, and the Bangkok Airways ransomware attack.
The cyberattack on T-Mobile resulted in stolen personal information of 50 million past and current customers. Among the information are social security numbers. Apple announced a new feature that will check iPhones for known child sex…
GetMovieSearch is a browser hijacker that promotes a questionable searchlee.com search engine. The hijacker will set portal.getmoviesearch.com as the homepage and searchlee.com as the default search engine without explicit permission, and try to redirect to sponsored websites. It’s not a particularly serious infection but you should still deal with it sooner rather than later because it can redirect to potentially…
Lqqw ransomware is a harmful piece of malware that encrypts files. It comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family, and there are already hundreds of versions of essentially the same ransomware. The versions are released on a regular basis, with Lqqw ransomware being the most recent one. It can be recognized by the .lqqw extension added to encrypted files. At this current…
Aeur ransomware is file-encrypting malware that comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The gang of cybercriminals operating this ransomware has released hundreds of ransomware versions, which can be differentiated by the extensions they add to encrypted files. This one adds .aeur, which is why it’s known as Aeur ransomware. Encrypted files will not be openable unless they are first decrypted…
Terestedine.online is a very generic scam website that misuses a legitimate browser feature in order to spam users’ desktops with advertisements. When you get redirected to it, the site will display an alert saying “Terestedine.online wants to show notifications”. If you allow those notifications, you will start setting potentially harmful ads on your desktop.
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