Security researchers from Symantec have uncovered a click fraud scam instrumented with the help of a sophisticated file infector.It was actually the infector, called W32.Xpaj.B, that attracted the attention of malware analysts with its complex detection-evading techniques.W32.Xpaj.B infects executable files on comput... |
29 August 2011
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Security researchers from F-Secure have identified a new Mac OS X click fraud trojan which hijacks Google searches by inserting a rogue DNS entry into the hosts file.The trojan comes hidden as a Fake Player installer so it is probably distributed as part of a social engineering attack that asks users to update Flash ... |
1 August 2011
10:26 GMT |
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Google claims the owners of hundreds of thousands of computers infected with a click fraud trojan were helped by the malware warning it started displaying on its website.The company offered a few other details about the trojan that led to the unprecedented decision to alert users via its website."The malware appears ... |
21 July 2011
04:29 GMT |
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Google has taken the unprecedented step of warning some of its users that their computers are infected with a piece of malware that hijacks their search traffic.The alert is displayed on google.com and only appears to users whose search traffic is redirected through specific IP addresses associated with this threat."... |
20 July 2011
03:42 GMT |
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Security researchers from GFI warn that cyber criminals pushing click fraud trojans have adopted distribution techniques commonly seen in scareware schemes.First of all, according to experts, this is one of the first browser-aware schemes used to distribute this type of malware and appears to target Chrome and Firefo... |
11 July 2011
13:22 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that application repackaging, a technique commonly used to distribute Android malware, has started being used in advertising fraud schemes.It's already well known that Android malware distributors are taking legit apps that appeal to users and repackage them together with trojans.The ro... |
27 June 2011
13:27 GMT |
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Following black hat SEO campaigns and Facebook scams, Osama-themed attacks have extended to Twitter where links to videos of his death lead to malware.Security researchers from Kaspersky have monitored bin Laden's death coverage on Twitter and during the past 24 hours the number of related tweets averaged at 4,0... |
3 May 2011
14:38 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a malicious component distributed by an IM worm cripples antivirus systems and blocks access to many security-related websites.The attack begins with malicious links spammed on Windows Live Messenger leading users to rogue pages distributing the trojan dropper.According to BitDefender&#... |
15 April 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Scammers didn't miss the chance to exploit Elizabeth Taylor's death for their own financial gain, security vendors warn.According to Kaspersky Lab Expert Dmitry Bestuzhev, spam messages reading "Download Movies Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 (AP) [link]," have been spotted on Twitter.spammers are u... |
25 March 2011
03:09 GMT |
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A new Android trojan has been identified in China performing search engine queries in the background and clicking on results that match a predefined list of URLs.According to AVG, who dubbed the trojan "ADRD," this click fraud operation involves a Chinese search engine called Xiaxia.com, which was already being targe... |
17 February 2011
10:53 GMT |
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Microsoft claims Google resorted to click fraud in order to manipulate Bing's search results so that it could later publicly accuse it of cheating.Microsoft and Google are at each other's throat since earlier this week when the Mountain View search giant announced that Bing is replicating its results.To gat... |
3 February 2011
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Rustock, the leading spam botnet in 2010, appears to have been completely repurposed for click fraud and has stopped all spamming operations since late last month.Security vendors observed a quick decline in spam traffic from Rustock ever since Spamit, the largest rogue online pharmacy affiliate program, announced la... |
6 January 2011
03:59 GMT |
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A new scam is making the rounds on Facebook and lures users with a shocking video allegedly showing a jealous guy taking revenge on his girlfriend.The spam messages spreading this scam read: "[BREAKING NEWS] - Shocking Revenge over Facebook Status!" and go on to claim that "jealous Boyfriend did this to his girlfrien... |
28 December 2010
03:44 GMT |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab warn of a click fraud trojan distributed via spam emails that advertise links to exe files hosted at RapidShare.The malware is a variant from the Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Drooptroop family and is in circulation since the beginning of of December. The spammed links are of the form h... |
27 December 2010
08:58 GMT |
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Anonymous is preparing to launch a series of attacks involving spam and click fraud against Know Your Meme and plans to harras its administrators.Know Your Meme, often referred to as KYM, is a popular website that tracks Internet memes. It was created and is owned by a company called Rocketboom.In a manifesto posted ... |
3 December 2010
11:40 GMT |
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Security researchers from Trend Micro have recently analyzed the click fraud cybercriminal model and concluded that a medium-sized botnet can earn fraudsters several millions of dollars per year. The experts warn that such threats are evolving and are becoming harder to detect.For their study the Trend Micro research... |
10 August 2010
03:19 GMT |
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Microsoft is the first company to come across an emerging form of online advertising fraud, but after discovering and christening it, the software giant moved fast to ensure that its life was short lived. Dubbed Click Laundering, the new pay-per-click (PPC) advertising fraud method involves masquerading invalid click... |
20 May 2010
12:21 GMT |
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ClickForensics, one of the top traffic quality management companies, reports that click fraud performed with the use of botnets is on the rise. In the third quarter of this year this type of activity has registered a 15 percent rise compared to the same period in 2008. ClickForensics compiled and analyzed the data f... |
23 October 2009
06:10 GMT |
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A new Koobface variant has been detected spreading in the wild and has been analyzed by security researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The analysis revealed that illegal money schemes used by its creators include scareware distribution and click fraud via rogue affiliate advertising programs... |
1 September 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new piece of malware that functions as an extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser. The rogue add-on intercepts Google search queries and injects advertisements into the results. The new attack has been reported by analysts from antivirus vendor Trend Micro and seems to be motivated b... |
29 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Analysts from security company SecureWorks discovered one of the most complex and effective click fraud trojans known to date, while analyzing the malware served by the Nine-Ball mass injection attack. The trojan, dubbed FFSearcher, leverages on Google's Custom Search widget to generate income for cybercrooks. ... |
2 July 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Facebook has admitted to a click-fraud problem it has been experiencing for several weeks and says a fix is coming soon. Some advertisers complained that their own internal measuring didn't match up to the number of clicks Facebook was charging them. The problem wasn't a usual click fraud in which bots are... |
22 June 2009
02:51 GMT |
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Microsoft filed a legal complaint against three individuals in the Western District Court of Washington alleging that the group had been involved in click fraud activities impacting its adCenter online advertising service. The Redmond company accused the three defendants of “perpetrating a massive click fraud&r... |
16 June 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Because Google's AdSense allows users to earn money with ease by placing company ads on their websites, the product is quite popular and attractive. Today, an interesting case was reported in Korea where a local advertiser sued the search giant for banning their account and for refusing to send AdSense payments.... |
20 March 2007
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