The “Reviewing Account To Improve Server Effectiveness And Security” email is a phishing attempt targeting your email login credentials. The email is disguised as a security notification from your email provider, supposedly informing you that you need to confirm your account status. If you interact with the email, you will be taken to a phishing site and asked to log…
Crone ransomware is file-encrypting malware, identifiable by the .crone extension it adds to encrypted files. The ransomware targets all personal files and essentially takes them hostage by encrypting them. As you’ve likely already noticed, you cannot open encrypted files, and this will remain the case until you put the files through a decryptor. Unfortunately, only the people operating the malware…
The “Service Update Notification” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to steal users’ email login credentials. The email is disguised as a notification from the email service provider, supposedly informing users that they need to update their mail settings. This is supposedly because the email service provider is enhancing the mail platform to ensure better performance and…
The “Mailbox Failed To Sync” email falls into the phishing email category. The email intends to trick users into revealing their email login credentials, allowing malicious actors to access their email accounts. The phishing email is disguised as a notification alert from the email provider, and falsely explains that the mailbox failed to sync, and 5 pending emails have not been…
HexaLocker ransomware is malware that encrypts files. Once it infects a computer, it takes files hostage by encrypting them, adds the .hexalocker extension to file names, and demands payment for their recovery. There is currently no free HexaLocker ransomware decryptor available, and only users with backups can recover their files for free.
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Gunra ransomware is a file-encrypting type of malware. The ransomware will take all important files hostage by encrypting them, and demand a payment to recover them. In addition to encrypting the files, the malicious actors operating this ransomware claim to have stolen the files as well and threaten to publish them on the dark web if payment is not made.…
The “Someone Entered Correct Password For Your Account” email falls into the phishing category. It’s part of a phishing campaign that targets users’ email login credentials. The email informs users that someone attempted to log in to their accounts and entered the correct password. The email is supposedly an additional security measure, and users need to click on one of…
X2anylock ransomware is a very serious malicious infection that encrypts files. This ransomware can be identified by the .x2anylock extension added to encrypted files, which you will not be able to open. The ransomware targets all important files, including documents. None of the encrypted files will be openable unless you first use a decryptor on them, which only the malicious…
The “TD Bank” email falls into the phishing category. It targets TD Bank customers and intends to steal their online bank login credentials. The email claims that users need to update their current details as it’s supposedly been a while since they’ve been updated. If users interact with the email and click on the “Manage your preferences” button, they will be taken…
PetyaX ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It’s a very dangerous infection that targets personal files and essentially takes them hostage. Encrypted files will not be openable unless they are first put through a decryptor, which only the malicious actors have. They will not give it to you for free, and instead demand that you pay $300 for it. However,…