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Phishers are lovin’ McDonald’s

13

Sep

2011

Today we came across a new, very sophisticated type of phishing. The user receives a message that, at first glance, appears to be from McDonald’s. It states that the recipient has won the chance to participate in a survey and immediately receive remuneration of $80 for doing so. There is nothing to suggest that something […]

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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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What is antivirus software, Part 3?

22

Aug

2011

I seem to be asking this question a lot. I have already written one article and one previous blog entry on this subject. It is an important question: Millions of people are using antivirus and probably every piece of data on this planet has been processed at least once through one or more antivirus solutions. […]

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