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.com malware pretends to be naughty .com website

28

Oct

2012

Sometimes the “other side” uses a neat trick that seems so obvious. In these cases we think “they must have done this before” – then we search the archives (Google) for proof that it has indeed been used before. A good example is our post from last year where we documented the abuse of the […]

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Fake apps and the lure of alternative sources

18

Jul

2012

There are millions of people using Skype. In fact, early this year, Skype had reached 40 million concurrent users; all were signed onto Skype, all at once. And yes, it is widely available on mobile devices. Last week, a new piece of malware was spotted trying to take advantage of Skype’s popularity, specifically targeting Android […]

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Support Scammers (mis)using INF and PREFETCH

15

Mar

2012

Here's a quick summary of the PREFETCH and INF ploys I mentioned in a separate blog here. These are alternatives (or supplements) used by support scammers from India to the Event Viewer and ASSOC/CLSID ploys also used to "prove" to a victim that their system is infected with malware or has other security/integrity problems. The "Prefetch" command shows […]

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