‘Malvertising’ is a relatively new term for a technique used to distribute malware via advertising networks, which have long since become a popular medium among cybercriminals. Read Full Article
Internet predators
Anyone using the Internet is at risk, regardless of age and regardless of what they like to do online. Cybercriminals can deploy an impressive arsenal and use it to get access to our money, our personal data and the resources of our computer systems. Read Full Article
Adware or money loss instead of your favorite World Cup game
This is the fourth and final part of our series of blogposts about the World Cup and the IT threats associated with it. Read Full Article
CeCOS VIII – Hong Kong
The eighth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VIII) was held in Hong Kong on April 8th , 9th and 10th, 2014. The event brings together global leaders from financial services, technology, government, law enforcement, communications sectors and research centers. Cybercrime… Read Full Article
Ad Plus instead of AdBlock Plus
This is one of those scenarios where the user looks for protection but only finds problems. Sergio de los Santos, a friend of mine, has shared with me a link to a false App that pretends to be AdBlock Plus, the… Read Full Article
Royal Baby Lures to Blackhole Site
Kaspersky Lab congratulates the royal couple on the birth of their new baby boy and wish them all well for the future. It is truly joyous news that is being celebrated in the UK and in the rest of the… Read Full Article
Boston Aftermath
While many are still in shock after the Boston Marathon bombings on 16 April, it didn’t take long for cyber criminals to abuse that tragic incident for their dirty deeds. Today we already started receiving emails containing links to malicious locations with names like “news.html”. Read Full Article
Java 0day Mass Exploit Distribution
Just a quick note, it’s only the second week of January, but early 2013 brings with it the first Java 0day mass exploit distribution of the year.
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Malicious ads on security websites
Malicious ads on security website as the infection vector. Read Full Article
The most innocent as vectors to increase the Pay-per-Click business
It is clear that cybercriminals do not have any code of ethics. Consequently, even the most innocent are not exempt from a malicious attacker’s perspective, and are often used as a means to allow them to generate higher economic returns, in this case, through the abuse of clicks. Read Full Article