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Phishers Piggyback on Indian Websites

02

Dec

2011

Contributors: Avdhoot Patil, Ayub Khan, and Dinesh Singh Have Indian websites become a safe haven for phishers? To better understand, let’s explore how phishers create a phishing site. There are several strategies phishers frequently use: hosting their phishing site on a newly registered domain name, compromising a legitimate website and placing their phishing pages in […]

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New malware attack via Facebook – A tricky approach can cause immense damage

17

Aug

2011

The past days brought a new wave of malware attacks via Facebook to German speaking users. Many users received a message via Facebook’s chat functionality that looked something like this: The shortened URLs varied, but the outcome has been the same: Clicking the link downloaded an executable file that disguises as .jpg file! In case […]

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Blackhole exploit kit continues it’s dominance

06

Aug

2011

Today, I was investigating a block that had been triggered on a webpage due to detection of the Blackhole exploit kit. We previously posted a blog about the rise in Blackhole exploit kit detections back in February, 2011. That blog post continues to receive comments from readers who have identified similar attacks and I regularly […]

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