The weekly roundup of top stories from the GFI Labs Blog – including news of a new frequent flyer phishing scam and yet more rogue security products.
Malware Minute: 8 New Rouge Security Products Read More »
The weekly roundup of top stories from the GFI Labs Blog – including news of yet more scams tied to social media.
Malware Minute: Yet Another Facebook Scam to Avoid Read More »
The weekly roundup of top stories from the GFI Labs Blog.
This week they cover the next version of the Storm Worm, fake YouTube ads for the movie Tron, a golden oldie Nigerian 419 scam and two rogues, ProtectShield and Spyware Protection.
Malware Minute: Fake YouTube Ads Read More »
Since last week the rogue security products (also called scareware) that we’ve posted on the GFI-Sunbelt Rogue Blog have had a new look. Instead of impersonating anti-virus products, these new ones are claiming to be applications that fix disk errors on a victim’s machine.
Malware Minute: Malware Now Imitates PC Utilities Read More »
Since rogues began to circulate seven or so years ago, they’ve always pretended to be anti-spyware or anti-virus products, imitating the look of many legitimate anti-virus products and even the structure of their product names. In the last two months, however, it has become clear that the rogue writers are trying something new to confuse potential victims.
Malware Now Disguised as Disk Utilities Read More »
If you or your relatives wander onto a site claiming to be a genuine Kodak website, you might want to think twice before downloading any executables. Info on this and more from the GFI Malware Minute…
Malware Minute: Beware of Fake Kodak Galleries Read More »
This week we have TDL4 rootkit analysis; four new rogues: ScanDisk, Internet Security Suite , Security Inspector 2010 and Ultra Defragger; phony game cracks, keygens and video tutorials and a “see who deleted you on Facebook” app scam.
Malware Minute: Survey Scams & Facebook Users Targeted Read More »
Topics this week: Newly discovered rogue security threats, search engine poison, important Adobe Reader updates, and more.
Malware Minute: New Rogue Security Threats & Search Poison Read More »
Topics this week:Chile mine rescue story SEO poisoning, Twitter phishing, U.S.government advisories on money mule recruitment and bank-account takeovers and best books for malcode analysis and reverse engineering.
Malware Minute: Stay Safe on the Internet Read More »