Malware Poses as Rainmeter Skins on deviantART
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May 16, 2012
Recently I decided to improve my desktop with a little interactivity, and started dabbling with something called Rainmeter which displays customisable and functional skins in a variety of designs. There are entire websites where people can show off their design …
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PDF Malware is Back in Season
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November 10, 2011
Avid readers of the GFI Labs blog can attest that they’re no strangers to this kind of attack: one receives an email purporting to have come from a legitimate company with an attached Adobe .PDF file claiming that it’s either …
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Skyrim Scammery
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November 10, 2011
Everybody loves dragons, and everybody really loves hunting these endangered creatures through their natural habitat before plunging about five hundred spears into their evil, cattle stealing hearts. And so it came to pass that Skyrim would be released this weekend. …
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S.N.A.P. Scam Will Make You Snap
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November 7, 2011
It’s no real surprise when we see how scammers ply their tricks online in order to dupe practically anyone. They leave no room for distinction with regard to who they target. And why would they? When it comes to online fraud, everyone …
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Is RiRi in the Headlines Again?
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November 7, 2011
Fortunately, this is not the freshest Rihanna scoop you’ve missed on TMZ. It’s a Facebook post I just found that set the alarm bells in my head, so I set out to investigate. Clicking the link of this supposedly scandalous video …
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With Rogue AV, It’s More Than a Game of "Spot What’s Different"
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November 2, 2011
Rogue AV has been one of the biggest profit-generating schemes for cybercriminals since its inception. These past few months, however, our team in the AV Labs has seen a decline, and this is due to a combination of factors, including …
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Arkham Shifty
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November 2, 2011
Hey look, a new Batman game. Would it surprise anybody to find Ye Olde Scam Sites touting fake Downloadable Content Generators that want you to fill in a survey before downloading them? Not really, but here’s a site claiming to …
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A Little Too chatty?
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October 31, 2011
There’s a program called ChatSend currently doing the rounds on Facebook, and at time of writing just over 114,000 people have hit the “Like” button which no doubt means a high proportion of that tally have downloaded and installed it. Including …
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Then: "co.cc", Now: "ce.ms"
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October 30, 2011
Not all netizens were happy when Google decided to pull the plug on “co.cc” domains last June, but it’s a resounding win for those in the security industry. It had to be done as cybercriminals are creating free domains with …
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Shop ‘Till You Realized You Got Dropped On
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October 27, 2011
From: info@eteam.org Subject: {Definitely Spam?} SECRET SHOPPING JOB AVAILABLE/URGENT REPLY NEEDED Message body:“We have a mystery shopping assignment in your area and we would like you to participate” Secret Shopper(R) is accepting applications for qualified individuals to become mystery shoppers. …
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Honing in on Child Security
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October 26, 2011
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is an organization formed and is based in the UK that basically aims to protect children from “child sexual abuse images online”, in partnership with the netizens and the police. Today, October 26 marks the …
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