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Rogue AVG offering sites are designed to look serious and genuine but in fact, they're only after your credit card information and as a bonus you might even receive a malicious virus.
Instead of installing pieces of scareware on the computers of unsuspecting victims, cybercriminals decided to deploy genuine l... |
20 October 2011
03:25 GMT |
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The website of the Super Glue Corporation, maker of the original Super Glue adhesive product, was infected with malicious code that directed visitors to malware.The infection was picked up by avast! Antivirus installations and alerted the security vendor's researchers who set out to investigate."The infection wa... |
12 August 2011
12:58 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro warn that searching for Apple's upcoming iCloud service can lead to scareware websites.iCloud is a new platform announced by Apple earlier this month that is set replace a series of services the company currently offers and bring new ones as well.There'... |
23 June 2011
04:52 GMT |
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After masquerading rogue antivirus as Microsoft Security Essentials and a range of additional genuine security solutions, cybercriminals are even copying the Microsoft Update site with the latest fake AV attack targeted at users of Firefox on Windows. Chester Wisniewski, a Senior Security Advisor at Sophos Canada is... |
9 June 2011
09:55 GMT |
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A Google Images black hat SEO campaign which distributes scareware for both Windows and Mac OS X users, has managed to capture 300 million hits.Black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaigns refer to the practice of poisoning search results for popular keywords with malicious links, or in this case, images.Th... |
12 May 2011
13:01 GMT |
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A fake antivirus program targeting Mac users has been discovered by users of the Apple Support Communities and then detailed by security firm Intego who classifies the find as low-risk malware.
MAC Defender reportedly targets Mac users via SEO poisoning attacks.
If downloaded through Safari, users may end up in... |
3 May 2011
04:21 GMT |
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Security researchers from CA warn of a piece of scareware designed for mobile phones which poses as a legitimate antivirus product from a reputed vendor.Scareware applications are some of the most common types of computer threats seen today. They are also among the most profitable ones for cyber criminals and help fu... |
27 April 2011
14:22 GMT |
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Security researchers from Belgian email security provider MX Lab, warn about a new wave of malicious emails that pose as Facebook password change notifications and distribute a trojan.The rogue emails bear a subject of "Facebook Support. Your password has been changed! ID09687," where the ID may vary, and appear to o... |
11 April 2011
09:29 GMT |
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Security researchers from Commtouch warn that T-Online's free hosting packages are being abused by scareware pushers to host redirect scripts.Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Online is the largest Internet service provider in Germany with also a strong presence in Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and France.In addition to ... |
25 March 2011
04:30 GMT |
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Security researchers from GFI Software warn that black hat SEO attacks poisoning search results related to Easter have already begun, even though the holiday is still a month away.The rogue links were spotted when searching for Easter printable cards and most of them pointed to domains in the .pl zone.Black hat SEO a... |
23 March 2011
06:20 GMT |
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Security researchers advise users to exercise caution when searching for information about the massive earthquake and tsunami waves that hit Japan, because they might end up on scareware pages.The Internet is abuzz with updates on the devastating effects of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit today 130 kilometers o... |
11 March 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Researchers from Panda Security warn of an ongoing scareware distribution campaign on Twitter which appears to be using both fake and hijacked legit accounts to spread malicious links.The rogue messages read "a very good antivirus http://goo.gl/[censored]" and lead to an attack page which displays fake security alert... |
16 December 2010
03:34 GMT |
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According to a report from Panda Security, as much as 40% of fake antivirus programs ever created were released this year and infected over 5% of all computers in the world.This type of applications, which are collectively known as scareware or rogueware, originally appeared four years ago. However, they only became ... |
17 November 2010
11:31 GMT |
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A new and aggressive rogue antivirus program, which gets installed through a fake Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) alert, forces computers to reboot and prevents the Desktop from loading.Called ThinkPoint, the program is dropped by a downloader-type application mimicking Microsoft Security Essentials.The downloade... |
30 October 2010
06:33 GMT |
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McAfee warns that fake antivirus applications, collectively known as scareware, are one of the driving forces behind the cybercriminal economy and have grown to account for nearly a quarter of all malware in circulation."Forget ghosts and goblins, what you should really be scared of this Halloween is 'scareware&... |
28 October 2010
13:44 GMT |
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There are downsides to market success, and in the case of Microsoft Security Essentials is that attackers build malware designed to piggy-back ride the free security solution from Microsoft. Of course, this phenomenon is not limited to MSE, as it affects additional security products which have been in one way or ano... |
2 September 2010
09:42 GMT |
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Security researchers from Symantec warn of a new piece of scareware, which tricks users into uninstalling the legit security programs already running on their computers.The rogue application, which poses as an antivirus product, is called 'AnVi Antivirus' and is a clone of the already known 'CoreGuard ... |
19 August 2010
03:57 GMT |
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Security researchers are concerned about the increasing number of scams that involve people receiving phone calls from scammers, who impersonate tech support specialists. The rogue callers claim that virus infections were detected on the computers of their targets and try to get them to install scareware.The practice... |
2 August 2010
05:42 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a gang of cyber crooks is abusing legit press release distribution services in order to increase the credibility of the rogue antivirus program they distribute. The scam also capitalizes on people’s awareness of the ZeuS banking trojan.According to a report from antivirus vendor S... |
31 July 2010
08:00 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, along with the company’s Malware Protection Center and Customer Support Services collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigations in tackling a fake antivirus scam, which is estimated to have duped victims in paying in excess of $100 million for inexistent protection... |
28 May 2010
06:55 GMT |
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Microsoft security solutions have helped clean over 13 million computers worldwide infected with rogue antivirus software in 2009. However, according to volume eight of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv8), fake antivirus is a growing problem, with the number of compromised computers having grown in the... |
26 April 2010
11:45 GMT |
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Security researchers advise increased caution when searching the Internet for information about this morning's bomb attacks in the Moscow subway system. Future black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaigns and other malware distribution efforts will most likely leverage the two unfortunate incidents.On ... |
29 March 2010
10:02 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that scareware pushers have already poisoned search results for queries related to the untimely death of Brittany Murphy. Malicious links attempt to trick visitors into downloading and installing fake antivirus software.American actress and singer Brittany Murphy, best known for the roles sh... |
23 December 2009
10:47 GMT |
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Authors of rogue antivirus software hesitate little when it comes down to copying the design and branding of official security solutions in an attempt to pass their fake antivirus code as genuine offerings. It is, of course, just one of the aspects of the social engineering techniques designed to trick end users into... |
21 December 2009
08:58 GMT |
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This year alone they will be responsible for infecting in excess of 25 million computers worldwide, but they could come close to compromising as much as 30 million machines. At the root of this epidemic lay simple social engineering tactics designed, through various methods, to convince victims to pay for peace of mi... |
19 December 2009
06:17 GMT |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a scareware alert through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The advisory describes the aggressive tactics used in these scams and estimates that they caused losses of over $150 million to victims.Scareware, also known as rogueware, is a term used to refer to fak... |
12 December 2009
06:17 GMT |
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A new rogueware distribution email campaign employs a social engineering trick to scare users into installing malware. The scheme is centered around popular news subjects and brands such as the Conficker worm and Microsoft.The fake emails have a "Conflicker.B Infection Alert" subject (note the bad spelling of Confick... |
20 October 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Researchers from Panda Security warn that a notorious rogue antivirus called “Total Security 2009" has started displaying ransomware behavior. In order to convince as many users as possible to pay for a useless license, the malicious application doesn't allow any file to be executed on the system.Fake anti... |
12 October 2009
08:44 GMT |
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Scareware distributors have started using Skype as a channel for pushing their fake security software. The spam masquerades as official online notifications and deceptive account names are used.Fake AVs, also known as scareware or rogueware, are useless applications that trick users into paying for license fees in or... |
6 October 2009
10:17 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that Twitter users have been the target of several new, malicious attacks recently. These include a campaign distributing fake antivirus pieces of software, a Twitter-credential phishing attack and Google jobs-related scam. A few days ago, Sophos' Graham Cluley reported that several Tw... |
25 September 2009
07:08 GMT |
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Eight years ago, on this same day, the entire world was about to witness in shock one of the most deadly terrorist attacks in history – the September 11 attacks on the United States. Security researchers warn that online criminal groups have already made a move to capitalize on people's interest in this im... |
11 September 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new piece of rogueware, called "Green AV," which is making victims. The fake antivirus software preys on people's concerns about environmental issues by promising to donate part of the license costs to a green cause.The distribution of scareware, also known as rogueware, still repr... |
3 September 2009
07:52 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee are warning that an older scareware application has recently mutated into ransomware and is now asking for money to unblock access to legit applications on victim computers. Looking to increase their illegal monetary gains, the creators of "System Security 2009," a f... |
13 May 2009
08:27 GMT |
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