Fake Videos Lead to Fake Flash Player

Cybercriminals have long used videos as a lure to get unknowing users to download and install malware onto their systems. Recently, however, a new variant came up that differs just a little from the usual modus operandi. TROJ_SMALL.UY, at first glance, appears to be a fairly standard malware that’s installed by claiming it’s needed [...]

Gumblar Finds Successor, Continues Info Stealing Spree

Gumblar.{BLOCKED}, the domain to which visitors of reported compromised websites were directed to was taken down, only to be replaced by a new one: Martuz.{BLOCKED}. In an attack which quickly garnered much attention in the security industry, visiting compromised websites were found to redirect the user to Martuz.{BLOCKED}, which leads to a download of [...]

Pushdo/Cutwail – Traditional AV is Useless (Part 5 of 5)

This is the final part of our report on Pushdo. Read the first, second, third, and fourth part of this report for more information. Over the course of our blog series on Pushdo we have covered some of the key aspects of the threat – how its spams, its stealth components, sniffer and some [...]

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OrganiseBreak Google’s Monopoly On Your Data: Switch To Yahoo SearchBy Gina Trapani on May 21, 2009 at 2:00 AM I’ve switched my primary web search engine from Google to Yahoo—not because Yahoo’s better, but because Google already has enough of my personal information. Let me adjust my tinfoil hat and explain.All Your Internet Eggs in [...]