cybercriminals
System Doctor 2014: A fake AV for the upcoming year
In an effort to keep one step ahead of security solutions and attentive users, peddlers of fake AV solutions often change the name of the malware they are trying to sell. …
“Blizzard Entertainment IP Restrictions” phishing email doing rounds
Blizzard Entertainment has acknowledged that the notification email that has been hitting users’ inboxes and has been purportedly sent by the company is, in fact, a …
Large Pony botnet controller discovered
Every once in a while we get to peek into the lion’s den, this time we’ll be checking out a fairly large instance of the Pony botnet controller, containing a large …
Current cybercrime market is all about Cybercrime-as-a-Service
The cybercrime market is constantly evolving, and it is currently full of knowledgeable individuals who have focused on their core competencies to offer services to those who …
Twitter underground economy still going strong
The Twitter underground economy and the fake social account market as a whole continues to gain momentum, and the financial motivations of this multimillion-dollar business …
Android hack tool harvests info from PCs
Stealing information is a piece of cake if you can manage to get malware on the target’s Windows computer, but did you know that it can also be as easy as connecting …
Hacker indicted for Romney tax return extortion scheme
34-year-old Michael Mancil Brown of Franklin, Tennessee, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Nashville, for allegedly engaging in an extortion and wire fraud scheme …
Beware of “Social Security” Facebook phishing scams
Hijacked Facebook Fan Pages are a great asset to online spammers and scammers, so it’s no wonder that at any given time there are a number of active phishing campaigns …
Combating attacks with collaborative threat intelligence
Advanced Persistent Attacks (APTs) get most of the attention from the cyber security community because, as defenders, we want to be vigilant against the most insidious …
FDA shut down 1,677 illegal pharmacy websites
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, took action this week against more than 9,600 websites that …
Citadel Trojan automatically localizes fraud content
Any successful business knows that it cannot rely solely on one market for future growth. Software companies often conduct business in multiple international markets and …
Confirmed: Carberp source code leaked
It has been confirmed: the password-protected ZIP file that is currently sold on a number of underground forum does indeed contain the source code of the infamous Carberp …