One-click billing fraud, a scheme known for targeting PC users in Japan, now appears to target smartphone users as well. The scheme, as its name suggests, tricks a victim into registering and paying for a certain service after being falsely led to a specific website. Instances of successful attacks have been increasing in Japan since…
Read MoreHurricane Irene surely turned New York City into the “city that never sleeps,” as it brought floodwaters, knocked out power for more than 4 million people, and was even responsible for at least 15 deaths in six states. What’s worse is that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the incident by spamming a fake video on…
Read MoreThe operators of malicious networks are continuously monetizing their activities by propagating rogue security software that use scare tactics to trick unsuspecting users into installing and purchasing fake antivirus software, aka FAKEAV. Although there has been a decline in the FAKEAV volume as a result of the increasing pressure on payment processors that handle credit card…
Read MoreWhen talking about social media threats, the focus tends to be on the notorious KOOBFACE malware, which has recently turned a “new leaf” and now propagates via peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. However, KOOBFACE is not the only threat that hounds social media. These social networking sites also have features that can become threat vectors. A…
Read MoreOur team recently came across a spam run that leads to the download of a ZBOT variant that uses a domain-generation technique. The spam run involves messages that arrive in users’ inboxes as Facebook friend request notifications. The message bears a link that the users must click to approve the friend request. Clicking the said…
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