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Targeting the Source: FAKEAV Affiliate Networks

26

Aug

2011

The operators of malicious networks are continuously monetizing their activities by propagating rogue security software that use scare tactics to trick unsuspecting users into installing and purchasing fake antivirus software, aka FAKEAV.Although there has been a decline in the FAKEAV volume as a result of the increasing pressure on payment processors that handle credit card transactions […]

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ZBOT Variant That Uses Domain-Generation Technique Spreads Through Facebook

23

Aug

2011

Our team recently encountered a spam run that leads to the download of a ZBOT variant that uses domain-generation technique. The spam run involves messages that arrive in users’ inboxes as a Facebook friend request notification. The message bears a link that the user must click to approve the friend request. Clicking the said link, […]

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Traffic Ticket…or Malicious Attachment?

22

Aug

2011

In the past we have seen malicious attacks pretending to be shipment notifications from various parcel delivery services. Now the New York State DMV has become the latest “brandjacking” victim for a series of malware attacks. Here is what the fake message looks like: Ticket-064-211.zip is the name of the malicious attachment, and it is […]

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