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Close Encounters of the Shadowlock Kind

10

Jul

2013

In the vein of fake computer lockers everywhere, such as the Trojan.Ransomlock, Trojan.Fakeavlock, and Trojan.Winlock families, comes Trojan.Shadowlock. Unlike any of its predecessors however, this malware “encourages” users to fill out an online survey instead of outright demanding an online payoff. Online surveys in general return very little money, but they do eventually add up […]

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Man of Steel, Fast and Furious 6 Among Online Fraudsters’ Most Used Lures

09

Jul

2013

Summer movies are highly anticipated by the moviegoers, because Hollywood traditionally releases its biggest blockbusters during this season. Fraudsters are relentless in creating fake streaming sites, not just on the screening date of these movies, but also before the release of movies in theaters.The next two charts show which movies are most popular with attackers, as […]

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Another Fake Application for Android Found on Google Play

04

Jul

2013

Recently we released a blog talking about the difficulties of keeping app stores free of malicious applications. Today our automated system flagged yet another example of a misleading application that was posted on the Google Play store.The application, named Next Launcher 3D Pro, purports to be a free version of the legitimate app Next Launcher […]

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