Posts Tagged ‘monetary gain’

Low Volume, High Payoff Attacks Target Financial Services Industries in Asia

Sep

2013

Executive Summary Malicious email found targeting financial institutions in the Middle East, Pakistan, and Nepal. Very low volume and advanced penetration techniques applied aiming for stealthy payoff. Websense® ThreatScope™ sandboxing reveals the attack most likely seeks monetary gain through the use of a banking Trojan variant. Details A few days ago, researchers from Websense Security Labs™ were […]

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Android Fake AV Hosted in Google Code Targets South Koreans

Aug

2013

During the last two years we have observed the accelerated discovery of Android malware by the security industry. Malware authors today often create and distribute fake “antimalware” apps that simulate the scan of files on a device. These fake apps report fake threats (and sometimes make the device unusable). The goal is to get victims […]

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Payday Loan Spam affecting Thousands of Sites

Feb

2013

One of the most important metrics used by search engines to rank a site is the number of link backs that it has. The more links a site has for a specific keyword, the higher it will rank when someone searches for it. So if a site has a lot of links back for a […]

Category Security Written by Sucuri Blog 0 Comments

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