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Author Archives: Jovi Umawing

About Jovi Umawing

Jovi Umawing is Communications and Research Analyst at GFI Software. With 10 years in the antivirus industry under her belt, this decorated technical documenter has written research papers, whitepapers, and various threat reports geared towards enterprise and consumer clients. Jovi has also written for eSecurity Planet and is now a regular contributor to the GFI Labs Blog.

Can Sandboxing Secure Enterprise Networks?

Can Sandboxing Secure Enterprise Networks?

on June 7, 2012

This is the question Advanced Technology Group (ATG) Vice President Julian Waits attempts to answer in light of increasing discoveries of high-profile malware such as Stuxnet and, very recently, the complex spying tool known as Flame. While most of us …

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Trojan Spyware Promoted as Steam Keygen

Trojan Spyware Promoted as Steam Keygen

on May 29, 2012

Scouring the Web for “legitimate” key generators, or keygens, is a risky business at the best of times. We make it a point that whoever the source is must have irrefutable proof that their keygen among other keygens like it is the …

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New Tumblr Phishing Site Seen in the Wild

New Tumblr Phishing Site Seen in the Wild

on May 22, 2012

This story might sound familiar— Steve (not his real name), like many of today’s teens and social networking butterfly, maintains a personal Tumblr account and updates it on a daily basis. One morning, he received a Tumblr notification email in …

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New Twitter Spam Run Leads to Android Rogue AV

New Twitter Spam Run Leads to Android Rogue AV

on May 14, 2012

For some time, we’ve seen site URLs with the dot TK (.tk) extension being spammed by bogus accounts on Twitter to random users. One of our threat researchers in the AV Labs found these particular Tweets quite noteworthy:   Computer …

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VIPRE® Report for April: Be Careful When Browsing Social Networking Sites

VIPRE® Report for April: Be Careful When Browsing Social Networking Sites

on May 9, 2012

As you may know, cybercriminals are no longer limited to Twitter and Facebook as their launchpads for spams, scams, and malware-laden site link. Tumblr and Pinterest are just some of the new social networking sites that online criminals are now …

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Is Your System DNS Changer-free?

Is Your System DNS Changer-free?

on May 3, 2012

Anyone closely following the news might have come across reports regarding netizens that would be disconnected from the Internet after July 9. Media calls this the “Internet Doomsday”, and online campaigns asking Internet users to check their systems for a …

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Surveys and “Pinterest Invites” Lurk on Google Play

Surveys and “Pinterest Invites” Lurk on Google Play

on May 2, 2012

Google Play, formerly known as Android Market, has been in the spotlight of late due to a number of apps researchers within the security industry have been finding and reporting. No longer does Play house just Android apps and games. …

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First GFI Partners’ Conference in the Philippines Held in Manila

First GFI Partners’ Conference in the Philippines Held in Manila

Last week, the Sales team of GFI Software in the APAC region organized and hosted a 3-day Partners’ Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Newport City. Technical Training and Sales Engineer Kris Hansen led a small team sales managers to conduct …

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A 419 Scam and an Unintended Surprise

A 419 Scam and an Unintended Surprise

on April 27, 2012

Given the long history of advance-fee fraud, it is safe to assume that we’re more or less aware (if not familiar) with what 419 scams are. For those who are not, 419 scams typically come to users in the form …

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News of Brazil’s Former President’s Death Leads to Malware

News of Brazil’s Former President’s Death Leads to Malware

on April 24, 2012

It is no surprise that when news broke out about former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva having cancer, someone somewhere on the internet would be posting fake news about his death. And someone somewhere will be more than …

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