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Home   »   Archives for January 2011

DIY Cybercrime: Exploits, Loaders, and Affiliates Part 1

  • Posted on:January 31, 2011 at 11:50 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Nart Villeneuve (Senior Threat Researcher)
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This post is the first of a two-part report about how cybercrime kits such as exploit toolkits enable even the less technical of cybercriminals to build botnets and conduct malicious attacks. Large-scale botnets that compromise hundreds of thousands of systems around the world receive plenty of attention and deservedly so. However, there are many smaller…

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Block the URLs, Not Just the Files

  • Posted on:January 30, 2011 at 11:21 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Juan Castro (Threats Analyst)
2

A recent blog post on Secure Home Networks reviewed a major new blackhat SEO malware campaign comprising literally thousands of sites using the .info TLD. There has been much concern raised about this attack, as certain vendors reportedly described the infections as “not disinfectable.” Blackhat SEO is a highly popular style of attack used by…

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Is Retaliation the Answer?

  • Posted on:January 28, 2011 at 11:34 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Elizabeth Bookman (Threats Marketing Manager)
1

A recent article on Network World entitled “Is Retaliation the Answer to Cyber Attacks” presented an interesting concept from French-based firm TEHTRI-Security—that of businesses and other organizations actively responding to criminal attacks by exploiting vulnerabilities in criminal networks and possibly deploying those same tools that criminals use to illegally acquire information, disrupt business, and steal…

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Facebook Security Spoofed, Used for Phishing

  • Posted on:January 28, 2011 at 11:32 pm
  • Posted in:Social, Spam
  • Author:
    Marco Dela Vega (Threats Researcher)
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Facebook Security is the official Facebook page that the site uses to provide user-friendly security information that is particularly relevant to its users. However, it is now being used in phishing attacks. Spammed messages purportedly from Facebook Security are being sent to Facebook users. According to the message, the user’s account has been found to…

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Facebook Now Officially Supports HTTPS for Users

  • Posted on:January 28, 2011 at 11:28 pm
  • Posted in:Social
  • Author:
    Ben April (Threat Researcher)
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In line with Data Privacy Day this Friday, Facebook announced its rollout of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) capability for all of its services. Facebook has taken some heat for its lack of SSL support, especially with the release of FireSheep, which we covered here. Facebook does warn that encrypted pages will take slightly longer to…

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