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Trending Topic Search for “QuickTime” Leads to Phishing Site

20
Jan
2012

The WebsenseR ThreatSeekerR Network routinely monitors search results from Google trending topics. For example, if you were to search for the term “QuickTime” today, the 31st resulting entry would lead to a typosquatted URL, which pulls content from a phishing URL.Clicking this Google search entry sends you to a fake QuickTime download site. The “Download Now” button […]

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Smartphone App Used for One-Click Fraud in Japan

13
Jan
2012

During the summer of 2011, one-click fraud targeting smartphones was discovered. One-click fraud has now become so common that doing a quick search for certain keywords on the Internet using a smartphone leads to a high possibility of coming across one of the scam sites. The typical attack simply attempts to trick users into registering […]

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Not the real Firefox 7 website – be wary of Google’s search results

28
Sep
2011

If you’re keen to download Firefox 7, please make sure that you download it from the correct website. When I did a Google for “Firefox 7” this morning, look at the second result I received: The site is called firefox7.org. So what do you see if you visit the firefox7.org website? You’ll find some promotional […]

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