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Busting a Big Malvertising / Fake-AV Attack

26

Jul

2011

Last week, I noticed an odd-looking URL in the WebPulse logs, so I plugged it into my test browser. I was rather surprised to see a fake AV attack “scanner” page pop up. Not because these kinds of attacks are rare (they aren’t; they’re one of the most common attack forms), but rather because it’s […]

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ATM skimmers: drive-by ATM card theft

16

Jul

2011

If you keep up on the subject, FBI has been recently cracking down on ATM card data theft rings, where scammers attach fake hardware to the front of ATM’s and trick users into entering PIN information, then record the data to logging devices which can be retrieved later. In some cases the attackers use Bluetooth […]

Category General Written by ESET ThreatBlog 0 Comments

Amazon cloud site used for Facebook clickjacking

24

Jun

2011

The AVG Web Threat Research Group has put together a video on a Facebook clickjacking scam we recently found on Amazon's cloud site http://s3.amazonaws.com/. The "Big Baby Born Amazing Effects" scam, which purports to offer a webcam view of a birth, spreads through Facebook posts from those who have fallen for the trick. Curious Facebook users […]

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