Notable highlights this month include the shift of the regions of message origin, and changes in the average size of spam messages. In recent months, APJ and South America have been taking the spam share away from the traditional leaders of North America and EMEA. However, North America and EMEA together sent 57 percent of…
As any reader of this blog knows, cybercriminals can steal your money not just by putting malware on your machine, but by phishing attacks too. Phishing attacks don’t just target online banking and e-payment systems, but almost any site which asks the user to input sensitive data. Sites run by national government agencies are a…
PCProtectar is the latest rogue security software infecting PC’s across the interwebs. PCProtecter uses false security warnings and system scan results to trick people into buying the software. If your PC has been infected with PCProtectar, don’t fall for the scam. Do not buy this software, it is completely useless and an infection in itself….
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Koobface is still going strong despite not making the headlines so much anymore. Well, the Koobface gang took the time to send a Christmas card and wish security researchers a happy new year. Very nice of them… For a couple of days now I’ve been looking at their infection method and trying to see any…
I recently received a suspicious Gmail chat message from a friend (shown below). I was immediately suspicious about the message because this friend has never used chat to talk with me previously, and also he appeared to be offline and the content of the message was similar to messages that other instant messaging worms use….
The massive growth of gold farming – the exchange of real money for virtual goods – might result in an increase in gaming Trojans and other malware aimed at gamers in the future. A well-respected researcher has described the incredible growth of “gold farming,” an significant industry and source of employment in China and other…
The creators of WiniGuard rogue security software have released their first clone of 2010. This new rogue is called PcsProtector.
This is an interesting sample, caught by our honeypots. The file comes as a zip archive from qtpom{removed}.tripod.com/codec.zip, which once extracted looks like this: It is almost undetected. Virus Total report here. Truth be told, no blatant sign of malware activity is noticed at first until this: What the heck? This is not my Google…
Antivirus PC 2009 is the latest rogue security software to hit the internet. Antivirus PC 2009 is a complete scam designed to harass PC users into buying the corrupt software. Antivirus PC 2009 will try to trick people into thinking that their PC is infected with malware and recommends purchase or registering the software to…