“I am sorry to inform you but your device was hacked” is the opening used in a new sextortion email campaign that threatens to publicly release users’ private videos if they do not agree to pay $1650 in Bitcoin. It’s a fairly typical sextortion scam that follows the usual pattern and doesn’t have anything particularly interesting about it. Considering that…
Eaconeno.xyz is a deceptive entertainment news website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick you into allowing push notifications. When you get redirected to this site, a browser alert will appear saying “Eaconeno.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you press “Allow”, you will start seeing intrusive advertisements on your desktop. The site is essentially misusing a legitimate browser feature…
WebSearchStreams is a browser hijacker that will set websearchstreams.com as your homepage and nearbyme.io as your default search engine. The hijacker will not directly harm your computer so it’s not considered to be a particularly harmful infection. However, in addition to the changes, it will also attempt to redirect you to sponsored websites to generate traffic and revenue. The redirects will…
Thecarriedand.xyz is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing advertisements on the desktop. It does that by misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows websites that get permission from users to show push notifications on the desktop. This is why you will see a browser alert saying “Thecarriedand.xyz wants to show notifications” when you visit the site.…
Rigd ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the notorious Djvu/STOP ransomware family. This ransomware adds .rigd to encrypted files, hence why it’s known as Rigd ransomware. There currently is no free decryptor available, meaning file recovery without a backup is not possible. The ransomware operators will offer a decryptor to you but it costs $980. And because file recovery is not guaranteed,…
Okenosuppos.xyz is a very questionable website that tries to trick users into permitting ads on the desktop. If you get redirected to the site, you will be shown a browser alert saying “Okenosuppos.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, the site will start showing notifications on your desktop. It’s not a good idea to interact with those notifications…
Oveosgrupont.xyz is a generic fake entertainment news website that will attempt to trick you into allowing advertisements on your desktop. If you visit the site, you will immediately get a pop-up saying “Oveosgrupont.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, you will start seeing advertisements on your desktop. Legitimate sites would show useful content, while sites like Oveosgrupont.xyz will show…
Nyseafaring.xyz is a generic fake entertainment news website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing advertisements on the desktop. When you get redirected to it, you will get an alert saying “Nyseafaring.xyz wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, you will start seeing advertisements disguised as push notifications on your desktop. We don’t recommend engaging…