What is Charmsearching.com
Charmsearching.com is a fake search engine that is promoted by browser hijackers. If you’re suddenly being redirected to Charmsearching.com when you do a search, your browser has been hijacked by a browser hijacker. It’s not a serious infection and it mostly aims to expose users to sponsored content. The charmsearching.com browser hijacker is not harmful to the computer directly, so…
Scammers are exploiting the war in Ukraine by impersonating legitimate Ukrainian humanitarian organizations. Time after time have scammers taken advantage of crises and people’s generosity during a time of need. We saw this happen during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic when scammers launched various campaigns to lure money from people. And just like with any crisis, cybercriminals are taking advantage of…
May’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines covers 4 interesting stories. One of the biggest stories in May was hackers successfully defacing Russia’s TV schedule page to display anti-war messages, as well as temporarily taking down RuTube, a Russian video content provider. In other news, Twitter has been fined $150 million for using users’ 2FA personal information for targeted advertising, a Lianjia…
Zfdv ransomware is a new Djvu/STOP variant. It’s a very generic ransomware infection, practically identical to most other Djvu versions. It will encrypt your personal files and demand that you pay for their decryption. Encrypted files can be recognized by the .zfdv extension and the fact that you cannot open them. The cybercriminals operating this ransomware will offer you a…
Zpps ransomware will encrypt your files and add .zpps to them. This ransomware comes from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family, operated by cybercriminals who release new ransomware on a regular basis. The main point of this ransomware is to extort money from victims by offering them a decryptor, the only tool that can currently decrypt encrypted files. Users who have a…
Fefg ransomware is a file-encrypting piece of malware operated by the same people running the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. Fefg ransomware is essentially a version of the Djvu/STOP, one of the more recent ones. The people operating this malware release new versions on a regular basis, at least twice a week. The versions are more or less similar to one another but…
Fdcv ransomware is one of the more recent Djvu/STOP ransomware versions. This ransomware will target personal files and encrypt them, essentially taking them hostage. Encrypting files and extorting money from victims is the main purpose of all ransomware. Most Djvu/STOP versions are identical to one another but they can be differentiated by the extensions they add to encrypted files. This…
Dfwe ransomware is malware that encrypts files. This ransomware is essentially another version of the notorious Djvu/STOP file-encrypting malware. The cybercriminals operating this ransomware release new versions on a regular basis, though most of them are more or less the same. The versions can be differentiated by the extensions added to encrypted files. In this particular case, encrypted personal files…