Gridinsoft Security Lab

You can say it has become much easier for various criminals to get to their victims and target them with different schemes. And all because of the ubiquitous internet these days. You’ve probably heard the word ‘phishing‘. Today not only specialists from the cybersecurity field are actively talking about it but also ordinary users often […]

What is IPv4 and IPv6? IP addresses allow computers and devices to communicate over the Internet. Without them, no one would know who is saying what and to whom. But there are two types of IP addresses, and the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 are significant. So keep reading to understand IPv4 and IPv6 and […]

Spoofing is a kind of cybercrime in which attackers impersonate a trusted source, such as a trusted contact, to gain access to confidential information or steal data, whether personal or professional. In addition to threatening your data privacy, Spoofing attacks can damage the brand’s reputation or the person the attackers are impersonating, sometimes making it […]

As we wrote in one of the articles, SQL is a structured query programming language (SQL, Structured Query Language) that allows programmers to communicate with large databases in almost plain English. It also gives the ability to access and manipulate data stored in tables on the server. In the case of websites, the tables can […]

As technology advances, cyber-attacks become more prevalent, with attackers constantly developing new methods to exploit vulnerabilities in PCs and other devices. One of the most common reasons behind these attacks is the theft of personal data for financial gain. Protecting your computer is crucial, and one way to do this is by installing security software […]

What Is Spyware? It is a malicious program that secretly gets installed onto your device. Sometimes you can get it by downloading it together with other usually freeware programs and the other cases include someone who installed it on your device by themselves. In the case of freeware you get to download spyware without your […]

Smurfing, or smurf attack, is a kind of DDoS attack. It has a pretty easy mechanism, but counteracting it may be as hard as it could be with the most sophisticated types of denial attacks. Let’s check how that works, and figure out how to mirror that attack as well as decrease the chances to […]

Antivirus, anti-malware software, antivirus scanner… There are so many terms, and all of them look so similar, but they’re different. It is easy to confuse the user who does not have any information about all these things. Thus, it is important to clear out these things in easy words. From a certain point of view, […]

Discord virus is only the name of a spamming campaign that takes place on this communication platform. The exact type of malware you can get through these tricks may vary in an extensive range. Nonetheless, the fraudsters’ method to fool you cannot be named original. There are two well-distinguishable ways – thick and gentle. A […]

Worst computer virus – what is it? Seems that anyone who has ever been infected asks this question. And each user will think that his case was more severe than someone’s else. Is that true? And which virus is really the worst? It is important to mention that computer viruses are not only “viruses”. Nowadays, […]

Gridinsoft LLC is proud to be one of 68 partners of VirusTotal, Google’s Information Security Service, in the array of malware scanners. Currently, Gridinsoft is the second information security company in Ukraine to be in an equal position with the world’s technology giants in this field. VirusTotal is a free online service provided by Google, […]

Botnets are a new reality that seems to have somehow imperceptibly swooped upon us. In fact, the first documented botnet – a network of bots – was created as early as 2001. Today some botnets include tens of millions of machines. And these computers perform the tasks they are given in complete ignorance of their […]