The “DOGE Compensation To Fraud Victims Worldwide” email is a generic scam email that claims you can get compensation for being a victim of fraud. The supposed compensation is provided by the US government, and according to the email, $500 billion will be distributed to all fraud victims worldwide. This email is nothing more than a scam that attempts to…
Forgive ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It’s a serious malware infection that essentially takes files hostage and demands payment for their recovery. This ransomware can be identified by the .forgive extension added to encrypted files. You will not be able to open files with this extension unless you first run them through a decryptor. However, only the malware operators…
Hero ransomware is malware that encrypts files. It comes from the Proton ransomware family, and can be identified by the .[hero77@cock.li].hero77 extension it adds to files it encrypts. The ransomware targets all important file types, including documents and images. Unfortunately, you will not be able to open encrypted files unless you first use a decryptor on them, which only the…
Hudson ransomware is a file-encrypting malware. It’s a dangerous infection because it encrypts files and demands that victims buy a decryptor to get them back. The ransomware can be recognized by the .hudson extension added to all encrypted files. Unfortunately, you will not be able to open any encrypted files unless you first decrypt them. Unfortunately, that is not going…
The “Server (IMAP) Session Authentication” email falls into the phishing scam category. The email claims that irregular activity in your account has been detected, which triggered a precautionary measure, and access to your email account has been restricted. Supposedly, you will not be able to send any emails because of this. The email warns that you have to confirm authentication…
VerdaCrypt ransomware virus is a malicious infection that encrypts files. It’s a type of malware that essentially takes users’ files hostage by encrypting them and demands payment for their decryption. The ransomware can be identified by the .verdant extension added to encrypted files. Unfortunately, you will not be able to open files with this extension unless you first put the…
PayForRepair ransomware is file-encrypting malware. It belongs to the Dharma ransomware family. It’s a very dangerous type of infection because it targets personal files and takes them hostage by encrypting them. Encrypted files cannot be opened unless they’re first put through a special decryptor. However, acquiring the decryptor is not easy as only the malicious actors behind this ransomware have…
The “Reconfirm Account Ownership” email falls into the phishing category. It’s a malicious type of email that tries to steal your email account login credentials. It falsely informs users about a supposed update to the domain and the necessity to reconfirm your account ownership. If you interact with the email and click on the provided button, you will be taken to…
The “We Hacked Your System” email falls into the sextortion scam category. The email claims that the recipient’s computer was infected with a virus when they visited a pornography website. The supposed malware gave its operators full access to the infected computer, which allowed them to spy on the recipient. The malicious actors behind this email claim to have made a…
DarkMystic (BlackBit) ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the BlackBit malware family. It’s a very dangerous infection that takes files hostage by encrypting them and demands payment for their recovery. The ransomware can be identified by the .darkmystic extension it adds to encrypted files. You will not be able to open these files unless you first use a decryptor program on them.…