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GFI Labs’ Top Stories of 2012
2012 has been an interesting year not only for the security industry but also across other industries that touch on information, technology, gaming and anything social online. We have seen big feats, victories and oftentimes some failings we can only …
Sheamus themed wrestling site is all about the Kayfabe
I stopped watching wrestling around the time of Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior (and I thought the last guy mentioned here was a type of low-fat biscuit) but someone, somewhere wants to make a little …
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 …
Claims of Content Theft on DeviantART leads to XSS Phishing Run
What happened on DeviantART at the weekend? This happened. Click to Enlarge While I’d love to leave it at the analysis above which is stated as being “ERMERGERD HACKERZ”, the antics at the weekend focused on swiping the accounts of …
The Friday Scam, Spam and Malware Roundup
A little bit of a round-up as the week rumbles to a close (assuming you don’t include Saturday and Sunday, which might cause some confusion in your personal life so it isn’t really advisable): 1) An email is currently pinging …
SellAring: You Won’t Like the Sound of This
If Benjamin Franklin was alive today, had a Facebook account and Tweeted to his millions of followers, he’d probably attest that the third certain thing in this life—aside from death and taxes—is ads. Ads are everywhere. You see them on …
Twitter DM Lures Recipients to iPad Scam
We have been reading reports of malware and phishing attacks by means of suspicious direct messages to get user systems infected or have user information and credentials stolen, a ploy that is fast becoming common in the Twittersphere now more than …
Scammers Target Chikka Users
It has come to our attention that a scam using the name of Chikka Text Messenger, an internet-based SMS service that supports communication between computer/tablet users and phone/smartphone users, is making rounds on Facebook. By banking on the popularity of …
Skype Voicemail Spam leads to Blackhole / Zeus Attacks
You’ve probably seen the infection plaguing users of Skype that we wrote about on Friday (and updated on Monday with details of Ransomware and click fraud), but there are other things out there wanting a slice of the Skype Userbase …
Twitter Video Facebook App: Rogue DMs, Fake Flash Umbra Loaders
A Facebook app page has been doing the rounds on Twitter recently, with Direct Messages being sent to other Twitter users bearing the message “lol ur famous now” and a link to the app page. The link included the word …
