Posts Tagged ‘potential victims’

Fraudulent Adult Dating Services Turn 10 Years Old, Still Evolving

Jun

2013

McAfee Mobile Research monitors adult one-click-fraud applications on Google Play that are targeted at Japanese users. Although the attackers appeared to have stopped uploading these apps in May, they have now resumed the attacks. We have confirmed about 600 malicious applications have been published since the beginning of April.We have also confirmed that another type […]

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iOS7 announcement prompts themed ransomware kits

May

2013

At Websense® Security Labs™ we recently spotted an interesting case of a phishing domain related to the imminent release of the Apple iOS7 Operating System. As gossips circulate news in the wild about iOS7 after the D11 conference presented by Apple CEO Tim Cook, cybercriminals are setting up a foundation for phishing and malicious activities. The domain […]

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Cruel Boston Marathon spam lures users to exploit pages

Apr

2013

You probably think the person or people behind the Boston Marathon bombing are reprehensible scum? Well, meet their cousins – the slimebags behind the latest malware-distributing spam run we have seen ramp-up overnight. Members of the AVG Web Threats Research team have discovered spam messages using the Boston Marathon explosion to lure potential victims to […]

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