Sogou Icon Request Hijacked to Deliver DarkVigil
ESET traced DarkVigil delivery to Sogou Input Method’s icon configuration. Windows users need 16.10 and a separate check for earlier compromise.
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Ukraine Air Alert Hack Sent False Warnings; Service Partly Restored
Ukraine’s Air Alert team confirms interference, pauses push, then partly restores service. What returned, what remains suspended, and…
Fake Teams Support Calls Led to Privileged Certificates and Data Theft
Microsoft traces two Teams help-desk scams into AD CS certificate abuse. One excluded privileged account let attackers keep…
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Trojan:Win32/Posilod.EB!cl: Is the DLL a False Positive?
A Posilod alert in agent-browser involved a Chrome for Testing DLL. Check the exact package, version and file before restoring it from…
Trojan:JS/Phish!MSR: Cache, Extension, or Phishing File?
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Tesla Purchase Order Email Scam: Where the “Download Order” Button Points
Coffin Locker Ransomware: Preserve Keys and Recover .coffin Files
Is Cineby Safe? Pop-Ups, App Confusion, and Download Risks
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How to Fix “Folder in Use” Error in Windows 11/10
Can't delete, move, or rename a folder? Find which program is using it, release the lock, and fix recurring Folder in Use…
Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.EN.B!ml: Removal and False Positive Checks
Understand the exact Sabsik EN.B Defender alert, keep suspicious files quarantined, and use Gridinsoft Anti-Malware to investigate repeat detections.
Trojan:MSIL/Jalapeno!MTB: Removal and False-Positive Checks
Check Trojan:MSIL/Jalapeno!MTB by its file path and quarantine status. Separate browser-cache alerts from an installer that…
Domain Age of Flagged Online Stores: A Study of 1,000 Records
Gridinsoft studied 1,000 flagged store records. Compare domain ages for new records and updates, with date…
How Malware Abused Paste.tc: XWorm, LimeRAT, and AsyncRAT Cases
A cross-case investigation of how AsyncRAT, LimeRAT, and XWorm used Paste.tc raw pages as C2 resolvers…
Plushiefun.xyz PowerShell Chain Found Under HP Task Identities
Gridinsoft Labs observed plushiefun.xyz on nine endpoints where activity under Hewlett-Packard Diagnostics task identities led into…
Planet Search Chrome Extension: Is It Safe and How to Remove It
Planet Search can route Chrome searches through hidden intermediaries to Nextgeeker. Verify its ID, remove it,…
Rotating Names, Stable Loader: A Polymorphic CoinMiner Cluster on Chinese Windows Systems
Gridinsoft telemetry links 45 CoinMiner hashes across 34 Chinese Windows installations to rotating EXE names, signed…
OkoBot/TookPS: New C2 and GDrive Backup Sync Task
Gridinsoft Labs identifies 22tuk.digital as a new high-confidence TookPS/OkoBot callback and analyzes its encoded PowerShell launcher,…
Payment to Bank Details DOCX: Broken altChunk Lure Analysis
Static analysis of a suspicious Payment to Bank Details DOCX attachment with a broken altChunk/RTF import…
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Match Dell TechHub error 0xe0434352 to its Windows event, identify the failed SupportAssist feature,…
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Searchjacked: Hidden Chrome Extensions Put a Proxy Between You and Search
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Binance says losses will be covered after a $6.3 billion theft. Investigators trace signing…
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Synology NAS Ransomware Locks Files as Sources Disagree on Entry
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Keystone Stolen Key Could Let Fake Wallets Pass Verification
Keystone will destroy 18,835 unsold wallets after its device-check key was stolen. Why a…
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