It all starts with a post on someone’s Facebook wall: The shortened URL leads to a long URL and its only function is to check the visitor’s country of origin. According to the result, the visitor is put into a quite impressive redirection chain with numerous ad services, built-in via iFrames. Each and every “visit” […]
The popular file sharing site MegaUpload was shut down by the US FBI and Department of Justice on Thursday, January 19, and executives from the company were taken into custody. This story is very well covered by the Wall Street Journal and includes a copy of the indictment for your reading. As you would expect, […]
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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