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2012 – The End of the World as We Know It?

2012 – The End of the World as We Know It?

on January 27, 2012

December 12, 2012 – the day that’s fated to be the ‘end of the world’. Humbug? Whatever your opinion on the Mayan prophecies, there are more important causes for concern this year that should get you brooding – particularly in …

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Criminals Serve Bogus Browser Updates

Criminals Serve Bogus Browser Updates

Matthew, one of our malware researchers analyzed a Web threat that recently came to our attention thanks to a report from one of our VIPRE clients. Vkernel(dot)org (not to be mistaken with vkernel.com) is found to be a scam launchpad …

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Fake Tumblr Staff Blog Leads to Starbucks Gift Cards

Fake Tumblr Staff Blog Leads to Starbucks Gift Cards

on January 26, 2012

We’re seeing a lot of freshly compromised Tumblr accounts, all of which are posting up an image file located here that claims to be a “Tumblr Staff Blog” (it isn’t), proclaiming the joys of “Free $50 Starbucks gift cards”. Here’s an …

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Halo 4 Beta Invites? Nope.

Halo 4 Beta Invites? Nope.

on January 24, 2012

There have been warnings over the last few days regarding a Halo 4 Beta invite scam. Information was pretty thin on the ground, however, so I decided to take a look – especially as there were reports of phishing. Here’s …

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Phishers Use US-CERT Email Address as Bait

Phishers Use US-CERT Email Address as Bait

on January 12, 2012

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (simply known as US-CERT) is the latest bait phishers used to get users to install malware on user systems. US-CERT is a highly esteemed and trusted body of security professionals who tackle cybersecurity issues in …

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Steam: All Your Coal are Belong to Us

Steam: All Your Coal are Belong to Us

on December 30, 2011

The rather awesome Steam gaming platform has a festive competition running at the moment – perform certain tasks in a selection of games drawn each day (or sign up to a few non gaming activities like join a forum, or …

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Phishers Are Back to Target Chase Clients

Phishers Are Back to Target Chase Clients

on December 20, 2011

Robert Stetson, one of our malware researchers at the AV Labs, found a new phishing scam in the wild. The scam arrives as an email that directs users to the URL, data-server(dot)host(dot)org/email/protect/chase/. click to enlarge After Chase clients provide their …

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“Curious Who’s Stalking You?” – Yes, We’ve Heard It Before

“Curious Who’s Stalking You?” – Yes, We’ve Heard It Before

on December 15, 2011

This social media “stalking” thing, to the best of my knowledge, all began on MySpace. We’ve seen them emerge on Twitter, too: our friends at Sophos wrote a so-called “app” that Twitter purportedly released to track a user’s stalker. Only …

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Holiday Horrors: Food Stamps, Phish, and PDFs

Holiday Horrors: Food Stamps, Phish, and PDFs

on December 7, 2011

Our monthly Top Ten threat detection report for the month of November is now available to take a look at, along with information on some of the scams we’ve seen these past few weeks including emails tempting users with infected …

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Survey: Don’t Need Internet Monitoring Software? Think Again! [INFOGRAPHIC]

Survey: Don’t Need Internet Monitoring Software? Think Again! [INFOGRAPHIC]

As Internet usage is constantly growing, malicious, phishing, scamming and fraudulent sites are also evolving and making their way to any user’s network if given the chance. A recent survey commissioned by GFI Software among small and medium-sized businesses in …

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