DIY Cybercrime: Exploits, Loaders, and Affiliates Part 1

This post is the first of a two-part report about how cybercrime kits such as exploit toolkits enable even the less technical of cybercriminals to build botnets and conduct malicious attacks. Large-scale botnets that compromise hundreds of thousands of systems around the world receive plenty of attention and deservedly so. However, there are many [...]

Block the URLs, Not Just the Files

A recent blog post on Secure Home Networks reviewed a major new blackhat SEO malware campaign comprising literally thousands of sites using the .info TLD. There has been much concern raised about this attack, as certain vendors reportedly described the infections as “not disinfectable.” Blackhat SEO is a highly popular style of attack used [...]