Results for 'bsod'
Malvertising Via Google AdWords Leads to Fake BSOD
September 28, 2015 - One of the major goals for any online business is to attract as many visitors as possible to their websites in order to...
Avoid this BSoD Tech Support Scam
September 8, 2015 - Way back in 2008, I wrote about a piece of malware which took a prank Blue Screen of Death screensaver created by...
Update now! Mozilla fixes security vulnerabilities in Firefox 94
November 3, 2021 - In a security advisory, Mozilla’s announced that several security issues in its Firefox browser have been fixed. Several of these vulnerabilities...
How to troubleshoot hardware problems that look like malware problems
August 16, 2021 - Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what exactly is going wrong with your computer. What do you do if you’ve run...
What is scareware?
July 16, 2021 - Scareware is a type of rogue program which has been around for many years, arguably dating back to 1990. It can...
Threat spotlight: RobbinHood ransomware takes the driver’s seat
February 20, 2020 - Despite their name, the RobbinHood cybercriminal gang is not stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Instead, these ransomware...
A closer look at a tech support screen locker
December 14, 2016 - In this blog post, we are going to take a closer look at some of the code that the most predominant...
Get your RAT on Pastebin
October 28, 2016 - While it is not uncommon to find malware or code on Pastebin, it is a surprise to find a dropper that...
Tech support scams, two for the price of one
August 2, 2016 - If you have read the blog post about Tech Support Scammers using the Winlogon Shell registry value, you know the basics...
Satana ransomware – threat coming soon?
June 29, 2016 - Petya ransomware is quickly becoming a household name and in typical cyber-criminal fashion, copycat families are starting to emerge. In this post, we have...