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New Russian service sells access to compromised social networking accounts
By Dancho Danchev On daily basis, hundreds of thousands of legitimate accounts across multiple social networks get compromised, to be later on abused as a platform for launching related cyber attacks...
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Cybercriminals impersonate UPS in client-side exploits and malware serving...
By Dancho Danchev In an attempt to aggregate as much traffic as possible, cybercriminals systematically abuse popular brands and online services. Next to periodically rotating the brands, they also...
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Webroot Bulletin Regarding AV-Comparatives Results
By Grayson Milbourne and Joe Jaroch If there is one thing that can be observed about the AV industry, it is that no solution is ever 100% effective at blocking malware. With this in mind, Webroot...
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Russian Ask.fm spamming tool spotted in the wild
By Dancho Danchev On their way to occupy an even bigger market share, spammers constantly look for new ways to increase visitor conversion, and target as many users as possible with the least amount of...
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Spamvertised Intuit themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Intuit, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into clicking on the malicious links found in the...
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Cybercriminals impersonate Booking.com, serve malware using bogus ‘Hotel...
By Dancho Danchev Globetrotters, beware of these malicious emails! Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Booking.com, in an attempt to trick end and corporate...
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Spamvertised Craigslist themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating the popular Craigslist site, in an attempt to trick users into clicking on client-side exploits and malware...
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Cybercriminals impersonate law enforcement, spamvertise malware-serving...
By Dancho Danchev Not fearing prosecution, cybercriminals regularly impersonate law enforcement online in an attempt to socially engineer end users and corporate users into interacting with their...
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Spamvertised ‘Download your USPS Label’ themed emails serve malware
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating the United States Postal Service (USPS), in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into downloading...
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Cybercriminals target Twitter, spread thousands of exploits and malware...
By Dancho Danchev Twitter users, beware! Over the past several days, cybercriminals have been persistently spamvertising thousands of exploits and malware serving links across the most popular micro...
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Russian spammers release Skype spamming tool
By Dancho Danchev Taking advantage of DIY spamming tools and harvested databases of user names, cybercriminals have been systematically abusing multiple instant messaging services in an attempt to...
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Spamvertised ‘Your Ebay funds are cleared’ themed emails lead to Black Hole...
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently mass mailing millions of emails impersonating eBay and PayPal in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into clicking on the malicious links found in...
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Spamvertised AICPA themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
By Dancho Danchev Certified public accountants, beware what you click on! Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public...
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Spamvertised ‘PayPal has sent you a bank transfer’ themed emails lead to...
By Dancho Danchev Sticking to their well proven social engineering tactics consisting of systematic rotation of the abused brands, cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails...
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Beware of Malicious Olympic 2012 Android Apps
By Joe McManus There are too many events happening at one time during the Olympics, which might tempt you to install an app for that. But be careful of what you install. Not all apps are what they...
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Ongoing spam campaign impersonates LinkedIn, serves exploits and malware
By Dancho Danchev Remember the LinkedIn exploits and malware serving campaigns which I profiled in March, and May? Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals launched the most recent spam campaign...
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Some Clarification…
By Nathan Collier Recently Webroot posted a blog about an app called “London Olympics Widget” which was found in a third party market that may need further clarification. This app is what we consider...
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Millions of spamvertised emails lead to W32/Casonline
By Dancho Danchev Thanks to a mature monetization model introduced by vendors of bogus online gambling software, cybercriminals continue mass mailing millions of emails in an attempt to earn revenue...
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Cybercriminals impersonate AT&T’s Billing Service, serve exploits and malware
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals have launched yet another massive spam campaign, this time impersonating AT&T’s Billing Center, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into downloading a...
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IRS themed spam campaign leads to Black Hole exploit kit
By Dancho Danchev Recently, cybercriminals launched yet another massive spam campaign, this time impersonating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in an attempt to trick tax payers into clicking on a...
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