Banking Trojan posing as Avast AV
A banking Trojan masquerading as the popular free AV solution from Avast has been spotted on computers of Brazilian users, reports Kaspersky Lab Expert Dmitry Bestuzhev. The …
Red October: The hunt for data
The recent discovery of the Red October malware has focused a lot on its effects, but inadequate attention has been given to its purpose – which successfully evaded …
Fake Booking.com warning leads to tons of malware
A massive spam campaign impersonating the popular online hotel reservations agency Booking.com is underway, trying to convince recipients to download a document supposedly …
Malicious Chrome extensions promoted via Facebook
Malicious Chrome extensions are lurking on the official Chrome Web Store, warns Kaspersky Lab Expert Fabio Assolini, and the campaign for leading users to them starts on …
Aerospace and defense firms targeted with clever spear phishing
Directors, vice presidents and other top management of companies in the aerospace industry and U.S. government and defense contractors have recently been targeted with a …
FedEx-themed malicious emails bombarding inboxes
FedEx customers are constantly targeted with malicious emails supposedly coming from the global courier delivery service, but since the start of the year, FedEx-themed spam …
FBI arrests man accused of coercing women to expose themselves on Internet
A man accused of hacking into hundreds of Facebook, Skype and email accounts and extorting women into showing him their naked bodies was arrested today on federal computer …
How to avoid Facebook scams and limit the damage they make
Last week I wrote about the most common Facebook scams, the reasons why they are perpetually so successful, and what the scammers who set them up are after. Today I will …
Users targeted with phishing scam via Facebook messages
Facebook users are advised to be on the lookout for bogus personal messages supposedly sent by the Facebook Security Team. The message claims that the users’ account has …
Investigating clever scamming techniques and their evolution
Christopher Boyd is a Senior Threat Researcher for GFI Software. Chris has been credited for finding the first instance of a rogue Web browser installing without permission, …
Bogus “Payroll Declined” emails deliver malware
A malicious email campaign impersonating the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) – a service offered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that allows …
Facebook scams and why users fall for them
The two main reasons why scammers are grateful for Facebook’s existence are the fact that they can easily access a great number of people in a short period of time, and …