In this post I want to highlight how SEO attacks are working: Pages using server side kits to fool search engine bots into ranking them high in results are uploaded to legitimate web sites. If all goes to plan, when a user searches for a popular term, high up in the search engine results are…
Imagine that you’re sitting at home catching up on your email backlog. In comes an email from your ISP, FooBarBazCo (some creativity required here, I know). The email seems to be from Technical Support – ‘From: FooBarBazCo.com Team’ – and states that you need to update your email settings as a result of a recent…
Fraudsters never seem to rest. They have now turned their attention towards phishing using the Indian Income Tax Department’s name and branding. It is the season of tax returns in India and it is well known that people will file their income tax returns for the end of the fiscal year in India. Hence, phishers…
Symantec has recently observed phishing scams targeting Apple iPhones in order to gain serial numbers, IMEI, model, and capacity, etc. What is an IMEI? An IMEI (international mobile equipment identity) is a 15-digit unique number used by GSM networks to identify valid devices. Every GSM, WCDMA, or iDEN mobile phone (and even the odd satellite…
Evgeny Legerov, founder of Intevydis in Moscow, has created an exploit that hits a previously unknown heap-corruption vulnerability in the Firefox browser. The code isn’t readily available though, since he’s put it in a module to the automated exploitation system he sells (reportedly at a considerable price.) Legerov has not provided information on the vulnerability…
“Dammed thieves. Stole our logo. I suppose we should be flattered, though.” — A.E. Old rogue, new package: AntivirusProtectionCenter \ av2009.exe : \ crc6:7f3d73762762 \ crc8:003091628c68decc \ md5:d71d1e303ab963fdae76936ba52a05b7\ AMC.exe : \ crc6:1d6922972762 \ crc8:003005cfbb91b729 \ md5:e5555754fd758fc2be1374796f9433e2\ Hash’s different from their PersonalAntiMalware added 2/16/2010 opener_.exe : \ crc6:8ee75c08081d \ crc8:00dc55e5aaa82efa \ md5:5bb290cd1eb419ca98ca1f31273f7219\ “It’s the same gang…
The popularity of online auctions paves way for the development of online auction marketing tools. These tools are software applications that are intended to facilitate the sellers’ side of popular online auction websites. Some of the tools that help sellers in auctions are: image hosting to display galleries of their products, listing of best bidders…
While most sane people around the world are enjoying a romantic Valentine’s Day today, we at SophosLabs remain vigilant on the front line of the war against malware. This year, Valentines Day coincides with the Chinese New Year as well as the start of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and many malware attacks have centred…
While everyone is searching the web for the unusual gift on Valentine’s Day, Cybercriminals take this opportunity to propagate Rouge Antivirus. I have searched for the keywords “unusual-valentines-day-gifts”, gives the following results: Clicking the highlighted link above will lead to fake message such as “Alert! Your system is exposed to risk of virus attack. It’s…
(BBC) Lonely internet users are being warned about Fembot, a piece of malicious software that poses as a flirtatious woman looking to chat on instant messaging services. Victims are persuaded to give out personal information that could be used for fraud or identity theft, according to security experts. Fembot was first spotted in 2007 but…