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Stolen code signing certificates are your worst nightmare

07

Jun

2012

Flamer used spoofed code signing certificates from Microsoft. This was done to make it appear that the malicious content was actually software delivered by Microsoft. You have likely seen the use of code signing certificates when Windows pops up a User Account Control (UAC) warning to ask for your permission to make a change to […]

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Bogus Pinterest Pins Lead to Survey Scams

19

May

2012

The continuing increase in visitors to the Pinterest site may be a primary cause why it’s becoming a hit for cybercriminals’ scams and schemes. In March, we spotted scammers using popular brands to lure users into “pinning” fake posts that led to surveys scams. This new wave of survey scams I found came from my […]

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New Spam campaign on Twitter Leads to Rogue AV

18

Apr

2012

Early today, Kaspersky Lab discovered a new ongoing spam campaign on Twitter. hundreds of compromised accounts are currently spamming malicious links, hosted on .TK and .tw1.su domains, leading to Rogue Anti Virus softwares. Here is an analysis of the infection at a given time. Keep in mind that it is just a snapshot of the […]

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