Casino Pages Hid Under School and Government Domains
Infoblox traces two DNS abuse operations that put casino pages under real institutional domains while the main websites kept working.
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Fresh malware news, scam explainers, removal guides, browser fixes, and field notes from the Gridinsoft research team. Start with the alert, then move to the fix.
Tracebit Context Bombs Send AI Attackers Into Dead Ends
Tracebit tested deceptive documents and fake services against AI attackers. The AWS experiment shows how wasted work differs…
BUGSTER Used AI to Steal Thousands of University Records
Unit 42 links BUGSTER to a university database theft. The evidence separates confirmed stolen records from AI-generated attack…
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Is Cineby Safe? Pop-Ups, App Confusion, and Download Risks
Check Cineby domains, pop-ups, notifications, and app downloads. Choose the right recovery steps for Windows, Android, accounts, or card exposure.
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Cross Device Service High Memory or CPU: Isolate the Trigger
Cross Device Service keeps using RAM or CPU? Test phone-file browsing, compare the results, and keep useful Windows features without broad package…
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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Identify AgtaBackup RAT artifacts, understand recurring watchdog tasks, and choose safe Windows cleanup, account…
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EXE files opening in Notepad or asking you to choose an app? Identify a…
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Fake Amazon Music Deal Targets YouTube Creators
A fake Amazon Music portal uses real YouTube statistics to sell a false sponsorship,…
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Google and Mozilla blocked compromised eMudhra CA keys. Why app trust stores still matter,…
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BeyondTrust says automated triage dismissed real intrusion alerts. The ARMORY CASTLE case shows why…
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ConnectWise Backup Access Planted New Keys in Microsoft 365
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Troubleshooting
Usb Safe Protect.exe: Removal and Hidden USB Files
Check Usb Safe Protect.exe safely, remove detections, recover hidden USB files, and investigate recurring…