A new spear phishing campaign is targeting Saudi Arabia governmental organizations. The attack originates from a phishing email containing a Word document…
Month: March 2017
Hackers threaten to wipe Apple devices
Update: Apple has confirmed that there has been no breach of any Apple systems, and that any accounts the hackers have…
SMS phishing for the masses
Phishing remains one of the top threats that affects both consumers and businesses thanks to ever evolving tricks. While ‘classic’ phishing emails…
Canada and the U.K. hit by Ramnit Trojan in new malvertising campaign
Over the last few days we have observed an increase in malvertising activity coming from adult websites that have significant traffic (several million…
Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys
With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would…
Chinese PUPs and backdoor drivers: making systems less secure since 2013
PUPs affect systems all across the world and are developed in many countries. A few weeks ago I came across an installer…
Diamond Fox – part 1: introduction and unpacking
Diamond Fox (also known as Gorynch) is a stealer written in Visual Basic that has been present on the black market…
How not to phish a security researcher on Twitter
You’ve compromised a few accounts. You’ve worked up a list of people most likely to click your links or send you personal…
A week in security (Mar 6th – Mar 12th)
Last week, we had a bumper crop of blog posts for you to get your teeth into, including our Cybercrime Tactics…
Adware vs. ad fraud
Adware and ad fraud are in the same business and both don’t care very much how they make money, as long…