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What really happens when you hit Like?

24

Jun

2013

Have you ever got a picture that promised to do something amazing if you just press Like? Have you been asked to press Like that in turn will donate a dollar to sick children? A promise of new iPhone as a gift for your Like? It’s probably a fraud. Here is the classic example of […]

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The Wonder of Sirefef Plunder

21

May

2013

Sirefef, also known as ZeroAccess, is a malware platform for receiving and running malware modules. Two prominent modules generate revenue for the cyber criminals, by mining for bitcoins and perpetrating click-fraud. Click-fraud is the deliberate misappropriation of ad revenue by generating online clicks that don’t originate from a potential customer or the rightful publisher. Click-fraud […]

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Fake SourceForge site distributes malware

18

Apr

2013

We spotted malware hosted on hxxp://sourceforgechile.net/ a couple of days ago. The website is not currently responding, but appears to been set up as a fake and malicious version of the popular open-source hosting site SourceForge. sourceforgechile.net was registered on 04/05/213 in the US and is hosted in the Ukraine. One of the malicious files […]

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