“New app(s) have access to your Microsoft Account” email is part of a phishing campaign that tries to trick users into disclosing their Microsoft account login credentials. The email itself is harmless if users do not click on the link and disclose their login credentials. However, if credentials are successfully phished, users’ accounts will be hijacked by malicious actors.
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The “UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION (COVID19 ASSISTED PROGRAM)” email is part of a scam email campaign that claims the recipients are eligible for compensation. The email promises users a golden box, supposedly worth $5.5 million. This and similar emails aim to phish users’ personal information. If users engage with this scam email, they could end up revealing highly sensitive information.
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“Internet Is A Dangerous Place” email falls into the sextortion email scam category. The reason the email is classified as a sextortion scam is because it uses a non-existent explicit video to threaten users into paying money. It’s a very common type of scam email that can be ignored because it’s harmless as long as users don’t interact with it.
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Watz ransomware is file-encrypting malware. If you suddenly cannot open your personal files and file names have .watz added to them, your files have been encrypted. Encrypted files will not be openable until you first use a decryptor on them. At the moment, only users who have backups can recover files for free.
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“Saved Passwords Were Found Online” email is a phishing attempt that tries to trick users into revealing their login credentials. The email claims that users’ passwords have been exposed and must be changed to protect accounts. If users engage with the email and follow the instructions, they will reveal highly sensitive information to cybercriminals.
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Waqa ransomware is file-encrypting malware that takes personal files hostage. The ransomware is part of the Djvu/STOP malware family. The malicious actors operating this malware family release new versions regularly, with hundreds of versions already in the wild. Waqa ransomware can be identified by the .waqa file extension added to encrypted file names. Unfortunately, only users with backups can recover files…
“You Were Scammed A Huge Sum Of Money” email falls into the scam/spam email category. The email claims the recipient has been scammed out of $2,600,000.00 and the money can be “returned” if the recipient provides the necessary personal information.
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“Coinbase Crypto Giveaway” is a fake crypto giveaway that promises to send double any amount of crypto sent to the provided account. These types of scams are very common when it comes to cryptocurrencies. They are often advertised on social media sites like Facebook and X (previously known as Twitter) and video-sharing platforms like YouTube. All of them are fake…
MrAnon is a dangerous trojan infection. It’s classified as a stealer trojan and infects computers with the intention of stealing all sensitive information from users’ devices. It targets browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, messaging apps, certain file types, etc. The malware is currently for sale.
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Veza ransomware is file-encrypting malware that takes files hostage and demands payment for their recovery. It’s part of the Djvu/STOP ransomware family and is considered to be a very dangerous infection because file recovery is not always possible. Only users who have a backup can recover files for free at the moment.
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