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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.

“Gerolamo Pizzeria” Spam Invades Inboxes

“Gerolamo Pizzeria” Spam Invades Inboxes

on April 17, 2012

Researchers in the AV Labs received a spam that is unlike the usual batch of Viagra spam and Rolex spam that we would normally see in our inboxes: pizza spam. And the spammers behind it are back to offer second serving. …

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Sex Appeal Meter Scam and Execution Hoax Abound on Facebook

Sex Appeal Meter Scam and Execution Hoax Abound on Facebook

on March 29, 2012

There’s not a day when we don’t see a new scam or hoax—yes, even the old ones—being proliferated on Facebook. I’ve seen both today. Let’s take a quick look at each one, shall we? First off, the scam: click to …

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Criminals Behind Rogue AV Leverage on Google

Criminals Behind Rogue AV Leverage on Google

on March 19, 2012

Certain compromised pages, which are search engine optimized, are found in the wild and accessible via popular search engines like Google and Bing. There pages were found to direct the user to a site where a faux scan is performed on the …

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Online Criminals Bank on Skype Vouchers to Spread Exploit

Online Criminals Bank on Skype Vouchers to Spread Exploit

on March 15, 2012

Senior Malware Analyst James Dee found a fake domain that claimed it has anything to do with Skype vouchers. This voucher, which is a form of Skype Credit, has been around for quite some time so it already has an …

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VIPRE® Report for February 2012: Rogue AV Remains a Popular Threat Tactic

VIPRE® Report for February 2012: Rogue AV Remains a Popular Threat Tactic

on March 13, 2012

These past few months, the news has been all about who got hacked, what softwares’ vulnerable and should be patched, and what the latest Web threat is like, which ranges from simple spam to those deemed as advanced persistent threats …

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Spam Called “Google Pharmacy” is In the Wild

Spam Called “Google Pharmacy” is In the Wild

on March 6, 2012

When Aaron Brown (Senior Product Manager) and Bill Weihl (Green Energy Czar) announced that Google will be retiring its “personal health record service” Google Health, who would have thought that the company will find itself “involved” once again with rogue pharmaceutical companies after unknowingly …

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US Securities and Exchange Commission Spam Leads to Exploit and Stealer

US Securities and Exchange Commission Spam Leads to Exploit and Stealer

on March 2, 2012

When one of our colleagues in Malta received an email in his GMail inbox that purports to originate from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), he didn’t think twice about sending it over to the AV Labs for analysis. …

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Official Stephenie Meyer Site was Serving Malware

Official Stephenie Meyer Site was Serving Malware

on February 23, 2012

Twilight fans who normally frequent the official website of Stephenie Meyer, infamous writer of the said book and saga, may have found their systems captured by a “being” that is neither a blood-sucker or a giant, feral dog. It might …

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Here’s a Privacy Tool That Prevents You From Being Tracked

Here’s a Privacy Tool That Prevents You From Being Tracked

on February 14, 2012

—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 …

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VIPRE Report for January 2012 Released

VIPRE Report for January 2012 Released

on February 9, 2012

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 …

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