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The new Attack – d0lphin.biz
We recently came across a number of websites that have been injected with malscript iframes that load malware from d0lphin.biz. Following is our report on this attack. Cybercriminals appear to be using their network of infected PCs to modify … Continue reading
Another Round of Beladen? Or, The New "Go" Infection
On Wednesday July 22, 2009 we started seeing what looks to be a new round of beladen style website infections by cybercriminals. The reason we think they’re beladen style is that they appear to infect all the websites on shared … Continue reading
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The Blame Game
Major Malware Outbreaks Evade Anti-Virus Protection A report released on July 14, 2009 states that “Several successive and massive malware outbreaks caused a spike in malware that was undetected by major AV engines.” In Commtouch’s Q2 Report available here , which … Continue reading
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Tagged adobe vulnerability, anti-virus, badwarebusters, cybercriminal, evading detection, ftp, gumblar, gumblar.cn, hacker, hackers, hosting provider, iframe, infected webpage, infectious website, infectious websites, malscript, malware, martuz, martuz.cn, SERP, this site may harm your computer, undetectable, website hacked
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Don't Open That File!
Yes, just when you thought it was safe to open Adobe Acrobat files (with a .pdf extension), it’s not. Everyone who reads this should update their Adobe Acrobat Reader here: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html Hackers (or as some prefer – cybercriminals), have found … Continue reading
Paul McCartney's Web Site Hacked – "Back in the USSR"
Yes it’s true. The rock n roll icon Paul McCartney had his website hacked. (This attack isn’t necessarily originating in Russia, but I couldn’t refuse the obvious opportunity.) It’s amazing how certain hackings follow the news. It was just a … Continue reading
Social Networks & Social Engineering – Twitter Round 1
My first review will be Twitter. I selected Twitter because it’s widely used and even easier for social engineering than some of the others. First a little background on Twitter. Many people categorize Twitter as a “micro” blog. This means … Continue reading
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Tagged bit.ly, cyber attacks, cyber threats, cybercriminal, cybersecurity, evading detection, Facebook, get-shorty, hacker, hackers, infected webpage, infected website, infectious websites, malicious code, malware, snipurl, social engineering, tinyurl, Twitter
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Are you really safe online?
According to a recent report by McAfee, here are some extremely interesting statistics: 92% of users surveyed believed their anti-virus software was up to date, but only 51% had updated their anti-virus software within the past week 73% of users … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-virus, cybercriminal, evading detection, firewall settings, firewall test, hack, hackers, hacking, malware, McAfee, risk management, Secunia, SERP, trojan, undetectable, virus, worm
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