Posts Tagged ‘malicious scripts’

“LNK” Attacks are Back Again

Aug

2013

Recently, we observed an attack campaign using link files attached to emails in Japan. We have blogged about threats utilizing link files before and this type of attack is still alive and well. The target of the link is disguised to make it look like it is linking to a text file, tricking the user […]

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Tor Anonymity Comes Under Attack

Aug

2013

On August 4, websites hosted by Freedom Hosting, a service provider that offers anonymous hosting through the Tor network, began to host malicious scripts. This follows media reports from August 3 about US authorities seeking the extradition of the man believed to be the head of Freedom Hosting. The scripts that were found take advantage […]

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Rise of the social bots

Jun

2013

?Malware authors and distributors follow the money. When you consider the growing popularity of social networking websites, it should come as no surprise that malware continues to maintain its presence in this area. Every year we are spending a growing proportion of our time online using social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. What does this […]

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