Ukraine Money-Mule Network Allegedly Bypassed Bank Blocks
Ukraine police describe about 300 money mules and alleged insider help bypassing card blocks. The UAH 127 million turnover is separate from confirmed losses.
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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.
Fake xStocks and Pendle Votes Lure Users to Wallet Permissions
A new investigation finds 70 fake crypto sites. Their reward vote opens a wallet chooser; connection and token-spending…
RedFlick Turns a Phishing Invitation Into Scheduled Windows Tasks
Microsoft traces Star Blizzard’s RedFlick chain: document-looking shortcuts, remote applets and scheduled tasks delivering CosmicPulse.
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Cryptographic Services High CPU or Disk: Diagnose CryptSvc
Find why Cryptographic Services uses high CPU or disk in Windows. Check CryptSvc, repair update problems, and learn when a catroot2 reset…
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Windows Event Log High CPU: Find What Keeps Writing Events
Trace Windows Event Log high CPU or disk usage to the event source or querying tool, preserve useful evidence, and verify a…
SecurityHealthHost.exe: Is It Safe, and Should You Update It?
How to Remove Hp-quicker.com Redirects from Your Browser
Background Intelligent Transfer Service High CPU: Find the BITS Job
DCOM Server Process Launcher High CPU: Trace the Trigger
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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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Northeastern tested 21 cars and 30 apps. Seven apps sent personal identifiers to trackers;…
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MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe keeps crashing or retrying? Verify Edge updates, check the file, repair safely, and…
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Diagnose Defender’s Remediation incomplete warning by comparing the affected file, detection time, scan results,…
Troubleshooting
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Browser closes when you search for antivirus, or installers disappear? Scan Windows with Gridinsoft…
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Poper Blocker Collects AI Chats Through Rules Delivered After Installation
Researchers found Poper Blocker collecting browser history and AI chats. The case shows how…
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MSP360 Phishing Turns One Fake Invitation Into Two Remote-Access Channels
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iPhone Duo Preorder Trap Starts a DarkSword Attack Before You Submit
A fake iPhone Duo offer loads DarkSword before the form is submitted. What the…
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Generic ML PUA: Virus, Unwanted App, or False Positive?
Understand the Sophos Generic ML PUA alert, remove unwanted software with Gridinsoft Anti-Malware, and…
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Dodo Pizza Cyberattack Puts Customer Addresses and Order Details at Risk
Dodo Pizza says a September 27–28 cyberattack may have exposed customer contact details and…
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NeedyMantis Hides Its Next Stage Behind Familiar DLL Names
Microsoft traces NeedyMantis through planted DLLs, an extensionless archive and a fake PowerShell filename.…
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Microsoft paused KB5002907 after some Office 2016 and 2019 installations lost activation or were…