In late 2017, information appeared on specialized resources about a Telegram ICO to finance the launch of its own blockchain platform. The lack of information provided fertile ground for scammers: the rumors prompted mailshots seemingly from official representatives of the platform, inviting people to take part in the ICO and purchase tokens. Read Full Article
In October 2017, we learned of a vulnerability in Telegram Messenger’s Windows client that was being exploited in the wild. It involves the use of a classic right-to-left override attack when a user sends files over the messenger service. Read Full Article
Nowadays, Internet financial services are growing rapidly. More and more online financial services are accessible from mobile devices. This helps customers and boosts economic development. Mobile apps are exploring this new frontier, including password-protected payment services among other popular features… Read Full Article
Attacks already started using the end of MSN Messenger to infect users Read Full Article
Cyber predators are stalking, taking advantage of the anonymity offered by the Internet and using the most advanced techniques to deceive their victims. They pose a persistent threat Read Full Article
The Facebook’s turn: a new IM worm targeting Brazilian users. Read Full Article
There were some recent comments about Amazon Cloud as a platform for successful attacks on Sony… Well, today I found that Amazon Web services (Cloud) now is being used to spread financial data stealers . The evidence indicates that the criminals behind the attack are from Brazil and they used several previously registered accounts to launch the infection. Read Full Article
ICQ client used to push malicious ads that lead fake anti-virus. Read Full Article
Mexico is known for producing local botnets. On Aug 21, we (Kaspersky Lab) detected a new instant messenger worm that spreads through almost all well-known IM programs, including Skype, GTalk, Yahoo Messenger and Live MSN Messenger. It “speaks” 13 different languages (including Spanish and Portuguese) according to the local language of the infected Windows computer. Read Full Article
Late on Monday, a lot of Russian ICQ users got sent this message Read Full Article