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An analysis of the pay-per-install underground economy

07

Sep

2011

A few weeks ago at the USENIX Security Symposium, researchers Juan Caballero, Chris Grier, Christian Kreibich and Vern Paxson presented their paper “Understanding the Underground Economy,” a look into the inner workings of the pay-per-install underground economy. What is pay-per-install? Security researchers use the term to describe one of the most popular malware distribution methods. […]

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Welcome to Android Malware

31

Aug

2011

Android malware has been around for a while now, but it has been somewhat uncertain how prevalent infected devices are. The Wildlist has been used as a measure to show which viruses are prevalent. What is interesting about the first Extended Wildlist in August 2011 is the inclusion of three pieces of Android-based malware. I […]

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Compromised Twitter accounts spam out money-making adverts

01

Aug

2011

Compromised Twitter accounts are once again being used by criminals to spam out adverts to unsuspecting users. In the latest attack, Direct Messages (DMs) have been sent between Twitter users promoting a “make money fast” website. A typical message looks like this: I made $XXX today – check out how I made it [LINK] (In […]

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