July 15, 2011 - The scam waves in Facebook continue, as expected. For example the recent “brother raped his sister” theme has been changed a bit and sent along for a new run on the social network. It’s the same content that has been used (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The scam waves in Facebook continue, as expected. For example the recent “brother raped his sister” theme has been changed a bit and sent along for a new run on the social network. It’s the same content that has been used (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The number of targeted attacks has increased dramatically in recent years. Major companies, government agencies, and political organizations alike have reported being the target of attacks. The rule of the thumb is, the more sensitive the information that an organization (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The number of targeted attacks has increased dramatically in recent years. Major companies, government agencies, and political organizations alike have reported being the target of attacks. The rule of the thumb is, the more sensitive the information that an organization (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - W32.Gammima.AG, an infostealer best known for targeting massively multiplayer online role-playing games, is now also going after a game on Facebook. This is the first time we have encountered the malware going after an app on Facebook. This particular malware (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - W32.Gammima.AG, an infostealer best known for targeting massively multiplayer online role-playing games, is now also going after a game on Facebook. This is the first time we have encountered the malware going after an app on Facebook. This particular malware (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Hello and welcome to this month’s blog on Microsoft’s patch releases. This is an average month—the vendor is releasing four bulletins covering a total of 22 vulnerabilities. Only one of the issues is rated ‘Critical’ and it affects the Microsoft Bluetooth (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Hello and welcome to this month’s blog on Microsoft’s patch releases. This is an average month—the vendor is releasing four bulletins covering a total of 22 vulnerabilities. Only one of the issues is rated ‘Critical’ and it affects the Microsoft Bluetooth (continue reading...) Read more
July 11, 2011 - Once in a while, a piece of malware will come along that grabs headlines. Rarer is malware that is talked about around the water cooler (at places other than Symantec). But the rarest of all is malware that actually makes (continue reading...) Read more
July 11, 2011 - Once in a while, a piece of malware will come along that grabs headlines. Rarer is malware that is talked about around the water cooler (at places other than Symantec). But the rarest of all is malware that actually makes (continue reading...) Read more
July 11, 2011 - It’s been a week since the 2011 edition of the oldest international soccer tournament in the world began, held this year in Argentina. I’m talking about the Copa America. This event is hosted by a South American country every three (continue reading...) Read more
July 11, 2011 - It’s been a week since the 2011 edition of the oldest international soccer tournament in the world began, held this year in Argentina. I’m talking about the Copa America. This event is hosted by a South American country every three (continue reading...) Read more
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July 6, 2011 - We have recently observed a run of spam that is trying to capitalize on the new social networking platform provided by Google, named Google+. The spam samples are similar to other social network spam messages, which are discussed in (continue reading...) Read more
July 6, 2011 - As is the case with every long weekend, the 4th of July weekend brought quite a lot of scams spreading through Facebook. Besides the usual click-jacking, hoaxes, and phishing attacks, one particular scam was discovered that showed the imminent evolution (continue reading...) Read more
July 5, 2011 - He was seen several years ago. Now, he is back with the name “Don Gunshot”! Luring people with promises of huge sums of money in return for bogus favors is the classic method adopted by the Nigerian/419 type of spammers. It (continue reading...) Read more
June 30, 2011 - As most all of us will know, the United States’ Independence Day is on the fourth of July, which is only a few days away. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, fairs, ceremonies, get togethers, and various (continue reading...) Read more
June 29, 2011 - With our globalized economy, non-English email between international organizations has become the norm for business communication. However, at the same time, non-English spam is also becoming more and more of a problem for national and international enterprises. For the past several (continue reading...) Read more
June 29, 2011 - Yes, of course! This is what the email is all about! Or, is it? The 2011 Wimbledon Championship has begun in full gusto and like any other major sporting event, we have been observing spam flowing in the wild that targets (continue reading...) Read more
June 29, 2011 - We have been taking a close look at Android threats since they first appeared, looking for ways to analyze and classify them, as well as looking at possible attack vectors they may use in the near future. Some of our (continue reading...) Read more