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Igkxrbiz is an Advertisement supported software program that annoys users with its un-abating fury. Cyber criminals use such adware to accomplish their embezzling motive of stealing user identity, information or wealth. Automatically generated suspicious pop-ups and malevolent advertisements are transfused to the user interface using various deceptive techniques. This helps in generating the following two types of revenue for them: 1. Display of Sponsored ads and pop-ups: Software Developers receive money from third parties to inject a malicious code to display ads (of their brands/ products post the installation of software) in user’s system. These ads may appear genuine and cause no harm to the system unless clicked. One wrong click and the bombardment of unnecessary ads on user browser screen may irritate the victim to the core! 2.Pay-Per Click Basis: Every click by the user on the ads and pop-ups displayed on the browser generates revenue for the con developers as per

Guide to remove Rayjump Browser Redirector Are you getting redirected to  rayjump.com  every time you go online? Have your  browser settings changed without your consent  and you are facing challenge to bring the default settings back?  Pay attention ! Your system has got  infected by a rouge website –  Rayjump Browser Redirector ! What is RayJump.com? Rayjump.com  is  browser hijacker  that is designed to redirect the users to malicious/unreliable sites. It replaces the default browser, redirects browser searches and changes the security settings. Users never intend to visit reckless sites; however they get redirected to such sites by Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) that get installed in the system without their consent. Threat Behavior : Rayjump Browser Redirector   invades the system  by silently sneaking in with a bunch of other hacked or malicious programs that users download unintentionally while surfing on internet. Lack of knowledge and careless beh

Concerned about the security of your computer? Bewildered in picking an ideal model of PC that offers safety and security among loads of alternatives available in the market? Keeping security measures as the top priority, you may plan on buying MAC machines. However, the research conducted on OS vulnerability would prompt you to see thing in a different light. Statistics reveal that whooping average of 19 security vulnerabilities were reported everyday in 2016. Since then, this number has skyrocketed in a nasty trend. It is surprising to know that Microsoft Windows no longer hosts the top spot in Operating system vulnerabilities. Instead, Apple Mac OS X, the most convincing OS in terms of security is the most vulnerable followed by Apple iOS and Linux kernel. The recently discovered Fruitfly Adware outbreak that has been prevalent for more than 13 years allegedly infected around thousands of MAC systems in America. Read Full Article:- Click here

Guide to Remove Search Umaxsrch Browser Extension Are pop-up alerts, spam messages and tons of maddening ads becoming a part of your daily web browsing? Are the web pages loading slowly? Are you being redirected to  search.umaxsrch.com  page whenever you search online? Probably, your browser has fallen a victim to  browser hijacker – Search.umaxsrch.com! A Search Umaxsrch Browser Hijacker alters the web browser settings in order to change default home page or search engine. It redirects the users to apprehensive web locations that may lead to malware infection. Hijackers earn high revenue by compelling the users visit certain websites that users never intend to visit. These websites may also contain spyware that may fetch your banking information, login credentials and other sensitive data! Template of the New Search Engine  : Threat Behavior : This unpleasant web page may get installed in the system without user’s permission. Primarily, the browser hijackers are inst

Do you aspire to take your unbeknownst website to the top level of Fame? Do you seek Internet presence for your business or organization? Do you yearn to add credibility to your online business and give it a unique identity? Successful registration of a domain name for your website can add a feather to its cap. Domain names now days are deemed as online real estate. It is considered vital to have an online presence for your business to flourish to new heights. It provides a platform for the potential customers to make successful business transactions without worrying about the limitations that would have restrained them otherwise. The geographic location is considered to be one of these limitations. There shouldn’t be any denial to the fact that Domain name designs and business growth go hand in hand! Technically a domain name cannot be bought forever. Based on the Domain registration and web hosting company, you can register a domain for up to 10 years. When a domain nam

Guide to remove Torchwood Ransomware If you find your important file names in the system appended with  .TORCHWOOD  extension, then you have fallen in a vicious trap of  Torchwood   ransomware  attack. Attention! Torchwood  is a crypto virus that uses strict  AES (Advanced encryption Standard) encryption algorithm  to encrypt your files & demands a ransom of  15,000 rubles (220 USD)  to allegedly restore the encrypted files. The ransom note is in Russian depicts the origination of this ransomware as Russia. The early activity of this crypto extortionist can be traced back to December 2013- January, February 2014 and has evolved over time. Apparently, the unprotected  RDP (Remote desktop Protocol)  configuration and hacking tools can be blamed for  Torchwood Ransomware  infiltration in the system. Torchwood Ransomware- Threat Behavior Once this pernicious system infection seeks entry in your computer, its scan your system and Internet to: Track the unpr

Despite the incessant efforts of Cyber security professionals to curb cyber-crimes, cyber criminals are reluctant to take a back seat. Security threats are on the rise hitting critical services at large. These crypto maniacs have evolved vicious and harmful tactics over time to extort users of their hard earned money. Among all the cyber threats launched, ransomware attacks are garnering more attention lately. Though Ransomware attacks are not new to the cyber world, They have certainly gained intensity over time. While people are still struggling with this form of cyber threat, attackers have moved a step ahead by launching Raas (Ransomware-as-a-Service) attack. Under this service, threat actors provide a complete malicious kit capable of launching ransomware attack. Availability of these packages reduces the need to code malware. Subscription to this malicious model allows even a novice cyber-criminal to launch a ransomware attack without much difficulty. This ransomwar

Guide to Remove Turla Trojan Turla, also known as Snake or Uroboros, is a malicious  Trojan  that has been targeting systems of government and military’s interest since year 2008.  Turla Trojan  is suspected to be originated by hackers from Russia. Turla Trojan Virus  has infected innumerable systems in around 45 countries like Iran, Kazakhstan, USA, Russia and China, with France ranking on the top of the hit list. The targets of  Turla Trojan Virus  include government entities like Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Ministry of Foreign/External affairs, intelligence agencies, embassies and educational firms. The attackers are focused on gathering the information about a country’s economy by deploying phishing e-mails smartly in targeted systems. Threat Behavior: Kaspersky, Symantec and The Laboratory of Cryptography & System Security conducted an analysis in Budapest, Hungary on the working methodology of  Turla Trojan . The analysis revealed that the operators that drive 

Privacy Intrusion by Android servers! Ever Imagined how it feels if you are under continuous  supervision ? How does it feel to let others know about  your whereabouts all the time? A serious privacy breach with your information getting gathered! With the ease of technology enabling a large percentage of people to carry Smart phones, the OS developers have their own sweet unique method for continuous improvements! The Market Giants like Apple, Microsoft and Google are in a war to be the best. They have the strategic advantages with IOS, Windows and Android operating system increasing popularity. These Smart phones have to be constantly updated to ensure the protection against threats! It has been observed in recent studies that Android Phones have frequent Server encounters as compared with IOS. Even when the phone is placed in the idle mode, Android phones seem to constantly upload information to the parent servers. Let us try to understand about this collected information

Crypt-o-currency mining malware has adversely affected businesses recently and is a controversial subject of discussion among people. The Greedy Cyber criminals are not contented by you data alone! This has led these recent enterprise breaches taking another level that renders company’s data along with its resources compromised. AS SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) holds the maximum distribution of 99% among all the enterprises, they have become the Apple for the eyes of ravenous threat actors. In this digital age, the online presence of your business is absolutely important & necessary. The world is now a different place! Whether it’s a website, a social media page, an e-commerce platform or a combination of all, getting your company online is of utmost priority to reap major benefits. Business or no business, people expect to see you online. Digital dominance has left no other option for people than to rely on internet to look for products and services of

HTML5 is the latest version of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) that offers new attributes, elements and behaviors allowing the design of websites and applications with a  powerful and diverse mechanism. HTML5 new API allows us to play the video\audio within the browser without installing cumbersome browser plug-in (like flash). Google Chrome, a widely used browser platform recently plucked a bug that had enabled the abuse of video and audio HTML tags by cyber miscreants to embezzle important user information. Google tagged this vulnerability as CVE-2018-6177 and t has successfully fixed with the release of Chrome version 68.0.3440.75. Users who continue to use the older versions may fall in the trap of threat actors who may exploit this bug to lure users to the malicious websites. Read Full Article Click Here

Banks remain a favorite target of cyber criminal activities. Use of internet, virtualization and digitization has eased our business and dealing with money. On the other hand it has also escalated cyber crime activities. In order to ameliorate the performance of financial transactions such as cash withdrawals, deposits, fetching account information, transfer funds etc the idea of cash machine was proposed in 1967. Since then these cash machines known as ATMs (Automated teller Machines) are widely used and besides offering convenience to the customers, they have also proven beneficial in reducing the workload of bank’s staff. With the growing cyber crime activities, undertaking precautions and regularly updating cyber preparedness and defence mechanism is important. However a large number of institutions stir up only post an incident that causes financial misappropriation or loss of reputation. Recently Cosmos Bank, India’s second largest cooperative bank suffered a breach on i

Security Risks in SD cards : Android Apps vulnerable to new Attacks via microSD Cards Android is an infamous mobile operating system that powers more than billions of smartphones and tablets. It is a Linux-based open source Operating system developed by Google designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices. Since its launch in 2008, Android platform had gained immense popularity and is the trending OS now with 80% global market share. Its Open source model makes it a clear leader among mobile operating system as it provides flexibility and adaptability. However, the open source model has placed devices running on Android platform in dire straits. Open market model allows registered software developers to create applications for Android mobile devices in Java and list them in Android Market without undergoing review and waiting for approval. Although Android’s developers have created set of rules for app developers to ensure the safety of their apps, developers rarely f

Users who rely on two-factor authentication via SMS and consider it as a safeguard for account login are in a fix. Cyber miscreants are embarking on new tactics to swindle users. The second layer of authentication implemented on applications to keep accounts protected usually involves a code sent on the mobile devices via SMS. However threat actors have devised decisive tactics to acquire the code sent on the mobile phones and hence gain unauthorized access to your device or application. These tactics include: Intercepting unencrypted messages sent over a network: Attackers leveraged this ingenious technique to target German Bank Accounts last year. Threat actors exploited the vulnerability in the signaling network of telecom operators to redirect calls and text messages. Hence, users attempting to login to their bank accounts waiting to receive a code via a text message were deceived. The text message containing the code were re-routed to hackers that enabled them access user’

Guide to Remove Dharma Cmb Ransomware Once again infamous Dharma ransomware hits the headlines with its new variant. This new cmb extension variant of Dharma ransomware is all set to begin an immeasurable  infection campaign. This detrimental  ransomware family was first discovered by Michael Gillespie when he noticed samples uploaded to  ID Ransomware . ID Ransomware  is a website that enables victims identify  the ransomware that has encrypted their files. The Identification is done with specialized  techniques. This includes assessing: The ransom note that victims upload in the website. Modified file name patterns of the encrypted files This cmb  variant of Dharma ransomware encrypts the system files and appends the infected file name with  .cmb extension . The entire format of the extension appears as  .id-[id].[email].cmb . For instance, a file called  Happy.jpg  after encryption would be renamed as  Happy.jpg.id-BCBEF350.[paymentbtc@firemail.cc].cmb . Once the s

Hackers have adopted a clever approach to swindle users of their hard earned money without letting them have a slightest clue. The loopholes in the DLink DSL modem routers have been ingeniously leveraged by cyber miscreants to deceive users. Let us check the process of handling user based queries & requests for web pages and routines over internet after we get acquainted with the following terms: DSL (Digital Subscriber Line): High Speed digital data transfer between servers and systems using telephone lines. DNS Server (Domain Name System ): It is a service on multiple servers  to resolve the browsing URL that the user inputs to IP (Internet Protocol) Addresses where the website is found. Let us now proceed and understand how a web page is displayed when a user inputs a URL Every single URL on the internet has an IP address assigned to it. The IP address points to the computer that hosts the server of the website we are requesting to access. When a user enters a URL (websi

Whatsapp is a Worldwide leader of cross platform messaging allowing users to send text messages, images, user location and other media files for free. It also provides provision to place audio calls, video calls and has recently launched a new feature that enables users to place group audio and video calls. Founded in 2009, Whatsapp has become a renowned communication platform with over 1.5 billion users, 1 billion groups and 65 billion messages exchanged every day. Its ability to support end to end encryption, a feature launched in 2016, has been very well received by users as they are now assured that the information that they exchange is safe and secure. Taking into account the huge fan following of Whatapp, the Tech Giant has become a target of cyber crime activities. It recently suffered the issue pertaining to Fake News & instigating messages spread that is alleged to have triggered a series of horrific lynching incidents. Read Full Article Click Here

Jigsaw, originally titled as “BitcoinBlackmailer” is a form of encryption ransomware was created in 2016. The ransomware was named Jigsaw based on the fact that the ransom note featured an image of of Billy the Puppet from the Saw film franchise. The malware is known to encrypt important user files which it deletes if the user fails to pay ransom to decrypt the files. Unlike its other variants like Jigsaw ransomware, .tedcrypt files virus displays the image of a teddy bear on the screen of the victims instead of the killer from the movie “Saw” and displays a ransom note written in Turkish. The ransom note declares that victims still have the chance to retrieve the files and threatens them to delete the files permanently if the ransom is not paid within 24 hours. The amount of ransom demanded by the cyber miscreants to receive the decryption key is not known yet. The Ransom note also states that trying alternative methods to retrieve the files like Deleting the Software, Shutting d

Win Tonic PUP is a fake program that claims to optimize the user’s system and offer its services to remove any threats. Win Tonic PUP displays a fake message which notifies the users that their system has been infected by various threats. It displays a list of threats that contain registry entries, malware, junk files etc. Once the user tries to remove these threats, it cues the user to buy its paid version to remove the fore-mentioned threats. This tactic is used by hackers to generate money from unsuspecting users who take this app to be genuine software. Users who already have their systems optimized and virus free will be shown the message that their system is safe. It simply clears the list of threats it has displayed before. The Win Tonic PUP UI looks like a legitimate PC optimizing software that provides the functionality to perform a system scam. The displayed issues by Win Tonic PUP may be completely legit apps, services and registry entries on the system. It displays the

Latest WhatsApp Updates In an attempt to manage the spread of fake news and rumors that are alleged to have triggered a series of horrific lynching incidents, Whatsapp recently announced some new features in the app. These include: The number of people whom you can forward a message has been limited to 20. This means that from a single account a message can be forwarded only 20 times. Post that forwarding option will be disabled for that message. In India, where people forward more videos, messages and photos as compared to other countries this restriction has been set a lower limit of  5 forwards . In addition the Tech Giant also alleged to  remove the quick forward button  next to media messages. Whatsapp has added a feature that enabled users to forward multiple chats at once, a few years ago. Earlier in the month of July this year, Whatsapp launched a ‘ forward label’ to identify if the message is original  or has been forwarded. These latest WhatsApp Updates came as par