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Facebook Scam Leverages Lady Gaga’s ‘Death,’ Bypasses HTTPS

06

Aug

2011

We’ve recently analyzed a Facebook spam that purportedly comes from the media organization British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), similar to how cybercriminals used the social networking site LinkedIn early last month.The attack starts with a wall post containing the subject BREAKING: Lady Gaga Found Dead in Hotel Room together with the legitimate site www.bbc.co.uk and a […]

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Trojanized Android App Checks for Keywords in SMS Messages

06

Aug

2011

Android malware monitoring for messages sent to an infected device from specific numbers is something that we’ve frequently seen in the past. This is typically done by malware to intercept messages from premium numbers, in order to prevent the user from suspecting a malware infection in their device. The Android malware we recently saw however […]

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Analysis of BKDR_SOGU.A, Database-Accessing Malware

05

Aug

2011

Last week, there was ample coverage on the data breach on SK Comms, one of the popular service providers in South Korea that offers three types of service-social networking and instant-messaging (IM), as well as mobile phones. The breach affected user accounts of Nate portal and Cyworld, both under SK Comms.Within the same week, we […]

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