Monday review – the hot 19 stories of the week
Written by v2r on May 13, 2013 – 10:52 am -It's that time of the week again - here's your roundup of everything we wrote in the last seven days....
READ MORE >>Tags: Android, bank heist, Candace Bushnell, casher crew, Chip and PIN, computer security, Data loss, Facebook, Fake anti-virus, fake AV, Google, Law & order, Malware, malware remove, Microsoft, name.com, Patch Tuesday, Phishing, privacy, Redkit, scareware, sex and the city, Snapchat, SpyEye, Subway, Syrian Electronic Army, The Onion, Twitter, virus remove, Vulnerability
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An unholy alliance – Fake Anti-Virus, meet Bogus Support Call!
Written by v2r on May 11, 2013 – 9:56 am -What happens when a scammer decides to marry fake anti-virus and bogus support calls? Paul Ducklin has a bit of a weekend chuckle at the result......
READ MORE >>Tags: bogus support, computer security, Fake anti-virus, Featured, malware remove, Scam, scareware, virus remove
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Fake anti-virus attack spread via bogus ADP anti-fraud update emails
Written by v2r on January 15, 2013 – 6:20 pm -If the person who is telling you to install a security update can't be trusted, or isn't who they claim to be, there's a chance you could be heading into even bigger danger....
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Monday review: the hot 21 stories of the week
Written by v2r on October 8, 2012 – 12:01 am -In case you missed anything, here's a list of every story we've written in the last week, for your reviewing pleasure....
READ MORE >>Tags: Android, Apple discount cards, Bing, Blackhat, bsd, bugbear, China, computer security, defibrillators, Facebook, Fake anti-virus, FTC, hacking, Insulin Pumps, Internet Explorer, Japan, keccak, Law & order, Malware, malware remove, Microsoft, Mobile, nitol, Phishing, scareware, Security threats, SEO poisoning, Social networks, spam, TinKode, Twitter, virus remove, Vulnerability, White House, wifi
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Warning!!!! Your pop-up ads may be fraudulent!!! FTC wins $163m settlement against scareware firm
Written by v2r on October 3, 2012 – 3:42 pm -A US federal court has imposed a judgment of more than $163 million against a defendant in a case that pitted the US Federal Trade Commission against purveyors of so-called "scareware" programs designed to trick Internet users into believing their computer is infected....
READ MORE >>Tags: computer security, Fake anti-virus, Featured, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, IMI, Innovative Marketing Inc, Kristy Ross, Law & order, malware remove, pop-up ads, scareware, virus remove
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Ransomware Part II: not just an Irish problem
Written by v2r on September 16, 2012 – 1:49 pm -I may now able to offer a little more information about the Gaelic ransomware story from last week. A screenshot here, though not exactly the same as the one described in the Donegal Daily and elsewhere, looks similar enough to be from the same source. (It has a Garda logo rather than an Irish flag, for one thing.) I can’t s...
READ MORE >>Tags: bestiality, computer security, David Harley, Kafeine, malware remove, MoneyPak, paedophilia, paysafecard, Pornography, Ransomware, Reveton, scams, scare stories, scareware, Ukash, Urausy, virus remove, Win32/Injector, zoophilia
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Sophos sucks? Being insulted by malware authors can be the best reward
Written by v2r on August 24, 2012 – 1:42 pm -Sometimes things can get a little personal when dealing with the huge volume of malware that is discovered every day....
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Dorifel/Quervar: the support scammer’s secret weapon
Written by v2r on August 11, 2012 – 6:04 pm -The malware that some people are calling Dorifel or XDocCrypt (ESET detects it as Win32/Quervar.C and has a cleaner for it here) is having enormous impact right now, mostly in the Netherlands. It has some very interesting characteristics – it infects documents (and true executables) by appending them RC4-encrypted to the body...
READ MORE >>Tags: ACAD/Medre.A, computer security, David Harley, Dorifel, fake anti-malware; fake software, Fake Antivirus, malware remove, Martijn Grooten, Righard Zwienenberg, Robert Lipovsky, scareware, support scams, telephone scam, virus remove, Win32/Quevar
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Ransomware makes child porn menaces in broken English
Written by v2r on July 4, 2012 – 2:45 pm -Malware threatens to contact police with evidence of child abuse material on your computer - unless you pay 3000 Euros....
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Threat Encyclopedia: Scareware
Written by v2r on June 20, 2012 – 11:17 am -Introduction to Threat Encyclopedia The Threat Encyclopedia is where we arm you with all the knowledge you need to understand and avoid malware of all types. This isn’t an in-depth analysis of malware code but instead covers the basics and helps you understand what antivirus programs like AVG protect you from. Scareware: I...
READ MORE >>Tags: AVG Threat Encyclopedia, computer security, Malware definitions, malware remove, News & Threats, News and Threats, online malware, Online threats, scareware, Social Engineering, Threatlab, virus remove
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