—and they aptly named it Do Not Track Plus (DNT+). In this day and age when almost every site on the Internet is interested in “getting to know more about you”, I reckon our privacy-conscious readers might take delight on …

Social engineering ploys doesn’t grow old—probably never will considering how effective they are no matter how simple. More often than not, online criminals doesn’t have to change their tactics to get unwary Internet users to do what they want them …

With the U.S. currently in tax season, online criminals have, once again, sought to take advantage of this. Robert Stetson, one of our malware researchers, spotted a phishing email posing as Intuit Inc., a company that “develops financial and tax …

I encountered this “new way for rapists to lure girls” story years ago from another social networking site. I’m quite sad yet generally not surprised that it has already made its way to Facebook. click to enlarge The message goes: …

Last September of 2011, Microsoft and an anti-malware security company had joined forces to take down Kelihos, a botnet capable of sending out billions of spam in a day. These spam are related to pornography, Viagra, and fake pharmaceutical companies …

Matthew, one of our malware researchers analyzed a Web threat that recently came to our attention thanks to a report from one of our VIPRE clients. Vkernel(dot)org (not to be mistaken with vkernel.com) is found to be a scam launchpad …

Microsoft is going all out on hammering the last nail on Kelihos’s coffin. The takedown that took place 4 months ago is just the beginning. The software giant filed a complaint on Monday, January 23, against Andrey N. Sabelnikov for …

GFI Labs Blog, the research and information security news hub of GFI Software, is now part of the GFI domain. Formerly known as the Sunbelt Labs Blog, it is one of the industry’s go-to portals for security enthusiasts and IT …

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (simply known as US-CERT) is the latest bait phishers used to get users to install malware on user systems. US-CERT is a highly esteemed and trusted body of security professionals who tackle cybersecurity issues in …

In a recent release of GFI Software’s VIPRE report, GFI Labs revealed that recycled tactics from cybercriminals will not cease this new year. Modifications on these tactics will only be slight, and will depend greatly on the kind of targets …