- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- January 12th, 2010
Google Groups Riddled with Malicious Links
Remnants of holiday rogue AV spam
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- December 30th, 2009
BHSEO Campaigns Target After Christmas Sales and the Nigerian Bomber
Search results poisoned with links to scareware
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- December 23rd, 2009
Brittany Murphy's Death Exploited to Spread Scareware
Black hat SEO campaign spotted
- Incidents
- By Lucian Constantin
- October 28th, 2009
Malvertizement Infects Gizmodo Visitors with Scareware
Gawker Media's ad sales team falls victim to elaborate social engineering scam
- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- October 26th, 2009
Contract of Settlements Spam Contains Trojan
Attachments are password protected to escape gateway scanners
- Incidents
- By Lucian Constantin
- October 21st, 2009
Kanye West Car Crash Rumor Exploited to Push Malware
Kanye was not harmed, but your computer might be
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- October 20th, 2009
Fake Conficker Email Alerts Used Push Scareware
The rogue messages claim to be coming from Microsoft
- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- October 6th, 2009
Fake Antivirus Distributed Through Skype Spam
Don't fall for fake online notifications
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 15th, 2009
More Trending Topics Exploited to Push Fake AVs
Patrick Swayze's death, Serena Williams' outburst and the Cincinnati Bengals blackout
- Incidents
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 14th, 2009
New York Times Website Hit by Malvertizement
Pushing fake antivirus software to unsuspecting readers
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 8th, 2009
Fan Check Used in Black Hat SEO Campaign
Searching for the mysterious Facebook application leads to malware
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 3rd, 2009
Rogue Antivirus Targets Environmentalists
The green AV that you don't need
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 1st, 2009
New Koobface Variant Drops Scareware and Click Fraud Malware
Taunts security researchers and journalists through offensive domain names
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 24th, 2009
Total Solar Eclipse Exploited by Cybercrooks
Search engine results poisoned with links to scareware
- Incidents
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 2nd, 2009
Twitter's First Ever Scareware Distribution Attack
It hit users over the weekend via spammed video link
- Spyware Threats
- By Lucian Constantin
- May 18th, 2009
Revamped Koobface Version in the Wild
Comes with a scareware twist
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- May 13th, 2009
Ransomware Becoming the Next Step in Scareware Evolution
Revamped fake antivirus variant holds systems for ransom