cybercriminals
Anti-theft system for PCs and Android devices
Bitdefender launched an anti-theft system for PCs and Android devices that turns the tables on thieves, giving you control over your phone, laptop or tablet even when …
Six arrested for peddling Android malware in Japan
Six men – among which are three IT executives – have been arrested in Japan for having allegedly used Android malware to “earn” themselves over 20 …
Real life examples on hackers bypassing CAPTCHA
Computer-assisted tools and crowd sourcing can easily bypass traditional anti-spam solutions, forcing CAPTCHAs to evolve to address these techniques, according to Imperva. A …
Fake Amazon email leads to exploit kit
Fake Amazon order confirmations are hitting inboxes and trying to trick recipients into following any of the links to a page serving the Blackhole exploit kit. The email looks …
Fake Craigslist notifications lead to exploit kit
Emails purportedly sent by Craigslist have been hitting users’ inboxes and trying to get them to follow the offered link to a website hosting the Blackhole exploit kit, …
Android spying app masquerades as Gmail
A new piece of Android malware that has recently been unearthed by NQ Mobile researchers is capable of logging text messages and phone calls, as well as record them, and send …
How fraudsters are disguising PCs to fool device fingerprinting
Cybercriminals know that financial and ecommerce providers often use fraud detection systems that monitor for anomalous transactions and behaviors. In order to bypass these …
EURO 2012 lottery scams targets users
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship kicks off in Poland on Friday, and scammers are trying to trick football fans into thinking the organizers have selected them as …
Is Flame something that we should worry about?
Much has been said and written in the last few days since the initial discovery of the so-called Flame (SkyWiper) toolkit. Security researchers have split in two camps: those …
Tiny but deadly banking Trojan discovered
The discovery of a new banking Trojan by the researchers working for CSIS Security Group has proved that a piece of malware doesn’t have to be big and complex to get the …
FBI warns of joint threat by ransomware and banking Trojan
The combination of the Citadel banking Trojan and Reveton ransomware that Trusteer warned about at the beginning of May is apparently still targeting users. So much so, that …
When syncing sinks your browser
Google Chrome’s most recent version (v19) introduced a “tab sync” feature. When inspecting this feature from a security perspective we realized that a new …