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Cybercriminals Remember Steve Jobs Through Facebook Scam

06

Oct

2011

In an inevitable turn of events, cybercriminals were found leveraging the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs through Facebook scams within hours after it was announced.The particular scam we found involves a website which claims that Apple has decided to give away 1000 iPads, in memory of Steve Jobs. The said site displays the following:The […]

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Android Malware Uses Blog Posts as C&C

05

Oct

2011

Newer and more complicated Android malware variants are expected to emerge, along with the rising number of malicious Android apps. A new backdoor that we were able to analyze proves just that. Malware targeting the Android platform are continuously improving in performance as well as using new techniques to thwart analysis and to avoid detection.This […]

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Facebook Malvertisement Leads to Exploits

05

Oct

2011

There are already many known ways by which cybercriminals target Facebook users. In the infographic we recently released, “The Geography of Social Media Threats,” we illustrated the different social networking features cybercriminals abused and the threats that these usually lead to.In the course of conducting research, we found one specific attack that targeted Facebook users through […]

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