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“Browser Crashers” Hit Japanese Users

26

Mar

2013

We’ve spotted an uptick in a particular type of threat hitting Twitter uses in Japan. We call this threat the “browser crasher” after what it does: it causes the browser to “hang/crash”. To do this, the user has to be lured to visit a particular site with the JavaScript code. So long as the browser […]

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Mobile attacks!

01

Feb

2013

Users of inexpensive Android smartphones typically look for ways to accelerate their devices, for example, by freeing up memory. Demand for software that makes smartphones work a little faster creates supply, some of which happens to be malicious. In addition to legitimate applications, apps that only pretend to clean up the system have appeared on […]

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Searching for “Windows Android Drivers” Leads to Malware and Bogus Google Play Markets

08

Dec

2012

If you’re on the lookout for Android USB drivers for your Windows OS, be very careful. Such strings like “Windows Android Drivers” or combinations of these may bring up results that you would rather stay away from. Our researchers in the AV Labs have found this peculiar search result on Yahoo!: click to enlarge Visiting […]

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