Author Archives: Jovi Umawing
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
Below are our noteworthy email threats for the week of December three to seven: Phishers Target Wells Fargo Clients. Emails from banks claiming that they are unable to verify their client details (“Regarding what? Didn’t say, of course.”) and then …
Searching for “Windows Android Drivers” Leads to Malware and Bogus Google Play Markets
If you’re on the lookout for Android USB drivers for your Windows OS, be very careful. Such strings like “Windows Android Drivers” or combinations of these may bring up results that you would rather stay away from. Our researchers in …
Medicare Phone Scam is Back in Business
I’ve spent a fair amount of time reading posts on various blogs and social media platforms about the entertaining, first-person encounters of several personalities in the security industry with phone scammers posing as technical support technicians. I’m pleased that the …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
How was your weekend, dear Reader? Hope you had a good one! This week’s email threat roundup is a bit longer than usual since we didn’t get to release one during Thanksgiving week. What we have below are noteworthy spam …
ENISA Names GFI Sandbox as One of Most Useful to CERTs
In a recent study released, ENISA, or the European Network and Information Security Agency, recommends GFI Software’s online public sandbox, ThreatTrack, to Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT)s and national and government CERTs. Why is this important? CERTs are responsible for a number of things. …
Sneak Peek: IRISSCON 2012
The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT) is scheduled to hold its annual conference, IRISSCERT Cyber Crime Conference, or IRISSCON for short, on Thursday, the 22nd of November. This year, GFI Software is once again given an opportunity to take …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
Good Monday morning, dear Reader! Without further ado, here is the roundup of email threats for November 12 to 16. “Congratulations! You and {random name} are now connected!” click to enlarge This is a spam that purports to have originated …
Rolex Spam Rolls Out in Time for Black Friday
It is no surprise that online shenanigans abound when big holidays and major events are just around the corner. What remains to be seen are the forms of these shenanigans we ought to expect to see online and in our …
VIPRE Business Premium Launches with a Unique Feature
Early this week, GFI Software announced that VIPRE Business Premium, the company’s premium small-footprint antivirus and management software for administrators, is now available for download for a free 30-day trial period. It is also the first and only one of its kind that has …
Old “Windows Live Virus” Alive and Kicking on Facebook
Dear Facebook user, if you have been seeing this message in your timeline lately, here’s what you must do: (1) Don’t panic. (2) Raise a skeptical eyebrow. It’s okay. click to enlarge The text reads: !!!!!!!!!! RED ALERT for YOUR COMPUTER …
