Thousands of Australians are being bombarded with scam text messages that are distributing the Flubot banking trojan. Scamwatch, a website run by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has released a warning advising users to not click on links in suspicious messages, as that would lead to a serious malware infection. Reportedly, over 5500 reports about this particular scam…
Payfast ransomware encrypts personal files and demands a ransom payment in exchange for a decryptor. It’s a fairly typical ransomware infection and is a new ZEPPELIN ransomware variant. You can identify this ransomware by the extension added to encrypted files. It adds .payfast followed by the ID assigned to you. Once file encryption is done, “!!! ALL YOUR FILES ARE…
Hoop Ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The group has released hundreds of ransomware versions, with Hoop being one of the more recent ones. This particular ransomware adds the .hoop file extension to encrypted files and drops the generic _readme.txt ransom note that explains how files could be decrypted. Unfortunately, at this moment the only ones with…
Archassista.top is a very generic scam website that pretends to be a news page in order to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. It does that by misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications. But instead of useful content, Archassista.top spams the desktop with ads. If you have allowed Archassista.top to show notifications, we strongly recommend…
Globaljornal.xyz is a fake news website that aims to spam you with ads. Not only will you be shown ads and redirects when interacting with anything on the site, but it’s also misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications. When you get redirected to the site, an alert will appear saying “Globaljornal.xyz wants to show notifications”.…
Apple has announced that beginning with the upcoming iOS version, it will scan iPhones for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). If known CSAM images are detected in iCloud Photos, they would be reviewed manually, and if necessary, reported to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
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Veaelreadyc.top is a very generic fake news website that pushes a social engineering scam. It misuses a legitimate browser feature to essentially spam users’ desktops with intrusive advertisements. When you get redirected to the site, you will see an alert saying “Veaelreadyc.top wants to show notifications” and if you press “Allow”, you’ll start seeing ads on the desktop, potentially dangerous…
“I have e-mailed you from your account” Email Scam is one of many sextortion emails that threaten to release a non-existent private video if users do not agree to pay money. Sextortion emails have been on the rise in the past couple of years, and while the contents may differ depending on the scam campaign, the main idea is the…