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Security researchers from CA warn of a scareware distribution campaign which spams Facebook users with malicious links via private messages.The rogue messages read "I got you a surprise" and contain a link which takes users to a website hosted at blogspot.com.The landing page is designed to look exactly like a Facebo... |
18 January 2011
09:56 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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Security researchers from Belgian email security vendor MX Lab warn about a new wave of malicious emails that direct users to download scareware hosted at RapidShare.According to MX Lab, the emails are sent from randomly spoofed addresses and their message is brief. The body only contains a link of the form http://ra... |
14 December 2010
13:41 GMT |
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Malware distributors have managed to trick two large ad networks into delivering malvertizements that silently infected the visitors of large websites with fake scareware programs.The attacks started on December 3 and were picked up by a cloud-based malware scanning service called HackAlert and operated by Santa Clar... |
11 December 2010
05:36 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that Google Images search results for Mono Lake, the home of a newly discovered bacteria that could change scientific perceptions of how life evolves, have been poisoned with malicious links.Located in Mono County, California, Mono Lake is 760,000 years old and is known for its high salt and... |
6 December 2010
14:39 GMT |
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Scareware creators have temporarily steered away from the fake antivirus theme they commonly use to put out a new line of rogue programs that pose as defragmentation utilities.According to security reserarchers from antivirus giant Symantec, these applications started to appear in the later half of October, but have ... |
1 December 2010
09:39 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a version of the desktop locking ThinkPoint fake antivirus application is being distributed as a trojan removal tool. The program is advertised under the name of "Windows Trojan Removal Kit" and is served from scareware websites that display antivirus-like scans.According to researchers... |
30 November 2010
09:09 GMT |
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Users have a new ally in the fight against fake antivirus, with Microsoft offering them the chance to help block rogue AV at search engine level, before it actually gets to infect computers. Essentially, the Redmond company is welcoming feedback from users on scareware, according to Navaneethan Santhanam, Program Ma... |
25 November 2010
08:55 GMT |
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Scareware pushers have poisoned search results related to the North and South Korean cross-border clash at Yeonpyeong with malicious links.Earlier today, North Korea fired artillery shells that hit the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. The South returned fire with K-9 howitzers.After exchanging two rounds of shells ... |
23 November 2010
11:55 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign, which poisons search results for free printable holiday cards with malicious links.With the holiday season approaching, people are increasingly scouring the Internet for ideas of greeting cards they can send to their family and ... |
5 November 2010
14:46 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that websites hosted at Go Daddy are currently targeted in mass injection attacks, that add rogue code to their pages and direct visitors to scareware.It seems that this particular gang of hackers has its mind set on Go Daddy, because this is the third wave of attacks in recent weeks affecti... |
3 November 2010
09:52 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
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Security researchers from Panda Security warn that malware pushers have poisoned the search results for numerous Halloween-related keywords with malicious links.Halloween is only a few days away and, as we estimated a week ago, the attacks targeting this holiday are intensifying.Some of the most popular Halloween sea... |
27 October 2010
13:49 GMT |
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An website operated by Facebook to provide information about the Open Graph protocol has been compromised and its pages were injected with malicious scripts.Facebook invented the Open Graph protocol in order to allow developers to create pages that have the same functionality as Facebook ones.The infection on the ope... |
26 October 2010
07:32 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sunbelt Software have stumbled upon a scareware campaign, which pushes a rogue AV program as an update for the VLC media player Web plugin.The attack was observed on a site allegedly offering video content and it looks like the Firefox error page normally displayed when a plugin crashes. The... |
11 October 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Malware distributors have started abusing the security alerts displayed by browsers when encountering malicious websites in order to trick users into downloading and installing fake AV programs.Browsers like Chrome and Firefox, as well as Google's Web search engine, use the Google Safe Browsing API to check if o... |
5 October 2010
11:39 GMT |
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A new mass injection attack infected a significant number of websites hosted at 123-reg.co.uk, one of the largest domain providers in UK, with code directing visitors to scareware.The attack was discovered by Sucuri Security, a company providing Web integrity monitoring solutions and operating a website malware scann... |
5 October 2010
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A new black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign is poisoning search results related to a new oral drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), with malicious links.A few days ago, a pharmaceutical company called Novartis announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gilenya, a pi... |
25 September 2010
08:31 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that a flurry of emails with HTML attachments and random subjects are directing users to scareware websites.It's pretty difficult to describe these rogue emails because there is a lot of randomization involved in generating them."The email address that the malware is sent fr... |
22 September 2010
12:17 GMT |
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Security vendor Check Point has stopped displaying scareware-like alert pop-ups inside ZoneAlarm Free firewall after facing a customer backlash.Late last week ZoneAlarm users started complaining about seeing security warnings, which falsely suggested that they might have an infection on their computers.The pop-ups we... |
22 September 2010
02:02 GMT |
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A new mass injection attack has compromised tens of thousands of websites with code that directs visitors to rogue antivirus programs.The new attack was detected and reported by security researchers from Websense, a provider of Web and email security solutions."Websense ThreatSeeker Network detected this large-scale ... |
7 September 2010
13:02 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 from Panda have intercepted a new black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign, which poisons search results related to teen pop star Justin Bieber with malicious links.Unlike most such attacks, which abuse current events and other subjects attracting considerable Internet search engine... |
18 August 2010
10:40 GMT |
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Security researchers have identified a new piece of scareware which abuses the name of a popular data packet analysis tool used by industry professionals. The new rogue application is called Wireshark Antivirus and, as most programs of its kind, tries to trick users into paying money by displaying fake security alert... |
6 August 2010
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Security researchers warn that a new piece of scareware is trying to exploit the popularity and brand awareness of the VirusTotal (VT) online file scanning service. Named VirusTotal 2010, the rogue application is detected by over half the antivirus engines currently supported by VT.VirusTotal is an online service, wh... |
5 August 2010
09:18 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
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It looks like Mozilla's efforts to encourage users to update Flash Player has turned against them for the first time. Security researchers warn that a new scareware distribution campaign is using a fake copy of the "Firefox Updated" page to trick users into installing a rogue antivirus program.Since Firefox 3.5.... |
28 July 2010
12:07 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that the latest Koobface variant drops a scareware program, which severely impacts the victim's ability to use the infected system. The application, which poses as an antivirus, makes Web browsing impossible and prevents almost all programs from running.Koobface is a computer worm, whic... |
19 July 2010
05:59 GMT |
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Sucuri Security, a provider of Web integrity monitoring solutions, warns that a new wave of malicious code injection attacks is targeting outdated WordPress sites. Users visiting the compromised websites will be directed to pages serving a FakeAV variant.The new attacks are a reiteration of the mass compromises that ... |
17 July 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Panda Security warn of a new black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign that targets users interested in finding information related to Mexican actress Fernanda Romero. The poisoned search results lead to websites pushing fake antivirus programs.Back in April Fern... |
16 July 2010
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Scareware pushers have upped their cheating techniques are and now offering live chat and localization for their deceptive products. Security researchers reveal that technical support is provided by real people.Scareware, also known as rogueware, refers to malicious applications that pose as legit antivirus products ... |
10 July 2010
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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
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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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A false positive (FP) malware detection incident, which affected McAfee customers yesterday, is being exploited by cybercrooks to spread scareware. A black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign that poisoned search results related to the unfortunate event has been observed.On April 21, 2010, a malware defin... |
22 April 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that search results for this year's Oscars winners are riddled with malicious links leading to scareware. This comes after search results for the award ceremony's date and time were heavily poisoned yesterday.
An online battle for who gets to profit from Oscars-related news the mo... |
8 March 2010
11:33 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that scareware distributors are exploiting yet another tragedy in order to earn some money. People searching the Web for news of Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer during a live show two days ago, are likely to encounter malicious URLs.On February 24, at the end of a show at SeaWorld Orl... |
26 February 2010
10:38 GMT |
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Unidentified attackers have managed to push a malicious advertisement onto the website of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the biggest newspaper in Minnesota. The startribune.com admins disabled all advertising on the site yesterday and told readers to perform free security scans.The attack began on Sunday, with readers... |
23 February 2010
10:23 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that searching for information about the rumored death of famous comedian and actor Bill Cosby has a high chance of leading to scareware. Fake CNN news report sites were artificially promoted to the top of the search results.A false rumor that Bill Cosby, 72, was found dead by his wife in hi... |
8 February 2010
10:35 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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Security researchers warn that an on-going black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) campaign is poisoning the search results for Twilight's newly released sequel called New Moon. The rogue websites have the purpose of distributing fake antivirus software, also known as scareware or rogueware.Twilight is a ro... |
20 November 2009
09:29 GMT |
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Security researchers report that a wave of Halloween-themed threats are out to get you. Beware of dodgy e-cards, screensaver downloads, poisoned search results, and spam, they warn.In this day and age, it goes almost without saying that the Internet is a scary place on every holiday. But Halloween in particular is a ... |
31 October 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that fake antivirus programs could instruct users to disable the legit security software they have installed. This behavior has been observed with a recent rogueware variant called "Protection System," which attempts to uninstall the Malwarebytes anti-malware tool.Rogueware is a term used to... |
4 September 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Digital Spy (DS), a popular celebrity and showbiz news website, has been faced with a malvertising attack for the second time in the past weeks. Only subscribers based in the US have been affected by this latest incident, which is currently being investigated. It all started with reports posted by some readers on th... |
21 July 2009
07:13 GMT |
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Security researchers from computer software giant CA, formerly known as Computer Associates, warn of a new rogue antivirus application, which masquerades as Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). In addition, the rogueware makes use of various deceptive techniques to persuade users into acquiring us... |
15 June 2009
05:45 GMT |
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The prevalence of rogue security software (also known as scareware) suffered what Microsoft referred to as a dramatic growth in the second half of 2008. The Redmond company indicated that it helped remove rogue antivirus products from in excess of four million computers, with three families of fake security solutions... |
9 April 2009
10:58 GMT |
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The Google Anti-Malvertising Team has released a search engine to help security researchers and companies that place ads check if a particular advertiser has a questionable history. Based on the Beta Google Custom Search platform, the engine can be used to look for references on a number of websites and blogs special... |
17 February 2009
03:56 GMT |
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced through a press release that a district court judge had served the people behind a major scareware marketing campaign with a temporary restraining order, prohibiting them to continue advertising the products. According to the complaint filed by the FTC, the defendants were... |
11 December 2008
10:39 GMT |
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Even with Windows 7 in pre-Beta stage, Microsoft is emphasizing the need for end users to run security software with the operating system, indicating that it is working with members of the industry in order to have the first antivirus products tailored for the Windows client as early as the Beta development milestone... |
22 November 2008
09:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has allied with the Washington Attorney General Office in the fight against software developers that use scare tactics in order to convince users to buy their so called security products. The Attorney General has agreed to file seven of the lawsuits brought forward by Microsoft.Scareware is a name used to d... |
30 September 2008
08:37 GMT |
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