pigrod.host, just like Kokotrokot.com, Newsfortoday.xyz, and Suadeh.club, is one of many scam websites that try to trick you into agreeing to be spammed with ads. When you get redirected to it, a pop-up alert will appear and say “pigrod.host wants to show notifications”. If you press “Allow”, the site will be permitted to show ads on your desktop.
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April’s edition of cybersecurity news talks about one massive data breach, an extortion attempt, a cyberattack, an official accusation of cyber espionage, and the eradication of a significant cyber threat. Stories include Facebook’s 533 million user data leak, REvil’s $50 million extortion attempt on Apple, Russia named the culprit behind SolarWinds cyberattack, cyberattacks against EU organizations, and removal of the…
Kokotrokot.com is identical to sites like Newsfortoday.xyz, Suadeh.club, Topnewsfresh.xyz, Beastclick.biz. It pushes the same social engineering scam as countless others. It’s a site you get redirected to by either an adware infection or a questionable site you visit. The site will request permission to show notifications. Thus, you will see a browser pop-up saying “Kokotrokot.com wants to show notifications” when…
Newsfortoday.xyz is a scam website pishing a social-engineering scam that tries to trick users into allowing advertisements to appear on the desktop. It’s a very common scam misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows websites to show users notifications. Allowing Newsfortoday.xyz to show notifications means you will start seeing potentially dangerous advertisements on your desktop.
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“This is not a formal email” email is a typical sextortion scam that tries to blackmail users into paying money in exchange for a nonexistent private video to not be released. However, it is nothing more than a scam and can be ignored if it lands in the inbox.
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Apple released today its long-awaited iOS 14.5 update, and it’s a game-changer for users’ privacy. This is the update that introduces the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature, something that has attracted a significant amount of backlash from the advertisement industry and companies like Facebook. For regular users, however, this feature gives more control over their own data.
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“I have got two not really pleasant news for you” email is a typical sextortion scam that tries to blackmail users into paying thousands of dollars to not have a supposed explicit video of them released. It’s a very common scam that’s usually referred to as sextortion due to the blackmail material being a supposed sex video of the victim.…
Suadeh.club is a fairly typical scam website pushing a social engineering scam that tries to trick users into subscribing to advertisements that would appear on the desktop. The site will show a browser alert saying “Suadeh.club wants to show notifications”. If you press “Allow” on the alert, you will start seeing advertisements on your desktop.
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