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Meet the new paid-archive malware families

07

May

2013

In a previous post, “Fake apps: Behind the effective social strategy of fraudulent paid-archives,” we exposed the social engineering technique behind Win32/Pameseg – our detection for a family of “paid-archives.” We described the use of “low-ball” techniques and explained how users are led to believe they are making an informed choice. However, the choice ultimately leads to […]

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Apparent security certificate turns out to be Android malware – Offered app sneakily gains access to mTANs

23

Apr

2013

The email Potential victims receive an email with an impersonal form of address and more or less detailed information about the EV-SSL certification process. G Data SecurityLabs have registered four different email designs so far. Here is a selection of subject lines encountered so far: EV-SSL-Zertifikat-App im Smartphone Betriebssystem EV-SSL-Zertifikat. Smartphone Betriebssystem Extended Validation-Zertifikate im […]

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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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