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Game Change: Mac Users Now Also Susceptible to Targeted Attacks

Mar

2012

After our previous finding involving a targeted attack whose payload were OS-dependent, we encountered a more recent run that leads to a malicious file specifically affecting Mac OSX. The said malware, detected as TROJ_MDROPPER.LB, is a MAC RAT/backdoor being used in Pro-Tibetan targeted campaigns, as initially described by Alienvault. In investigating the campaign, we found […]

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Ex-girlfriend sex videos, browser plugins and Facebook survey scams

Feb

2012

Scammers are up to their old tricks on Facebook, tricking users into visiting revenue-generating survey scam websites by appearing to offer sex videos. Using a thumbnail which suggests a link to a sex video, messages posted on compromised Facebook users’ walls attempt to lure their unsuspecting Facebook friends into clicking to see more. And if […]

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Typosquatting social web gains top Alexa ranking

Jan

2012

Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected fraudulent Web sites that have made it to the global top 250 high Alexa ranking list. These are amazing results for fraudulent Web sites, as some of them rank even better than genuine big name portals. In this campaign, the fraudulent sites pretend to be from YouTube, and they try […]

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