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Phishing For Bank Account Information
By Nathan Collier When you’re a threat researcher, you are always on the look out for anything that looks ‘phishy’, even if it’s on your own personal time. Today, I opened my personal email to find...
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Malicious ‘Security Update for Banking Accounts’ emails lead to Black Hole...
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals have recently launched yet another massive spam campaign attempting to trick e-banking users into thinking that their ability to process ACH transactions has been...
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A peek inside a boutique cybercrime-friendly E-shop – part five
By Dancho Danchev Seeking financial liquidity for their fraudulently obtained assets, novice cybercriminals continue launching new DIY cybercrime-friendly e-shops offering access to compromised...
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Fake ‘Flight Reservation Confirmations’ themed emails lead to Black Hole...
By Dancho Danchev In the midst of the holidays season, cybercriminals are currently spamvertising tens of thousands of malicious “Flight Reservation Confirmations“, in an attempt to trick users into...
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Malicious ‘Sendspace File Delivery Notifications’ lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently attempting to trick hundreds of thousands of users into clicking on the malicious links found in the currently spamvertised bogus ‘Sendspace File Delivery...
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Fake Chase ‘Merchant Billing Statement’ themed emails lead to malware
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently mass mailing tens of thousands of emails, impersonating Chase in an attempt to trick its customers into executing the malicious attachment found in the...
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Cybercriminals entice potential cybercriminals into purchasing bogus credit...
By Dancho Danchev With the ever-decreasing entry barriers into the shady world of cybercrime, potential cybercriminals themselves may sometimes become the victims. A recently intercepted fraudulent...
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Fake ‘Change Facebook Color Theme’ events lead to rogue Chrome extensions
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals have recently launched a privacy-violating campaign spreading across Facebook in an attempt to trick Facebook’s users into installing a rogue Chrome extension. Once...
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Fake ‘Citi Account Alert’ themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently mass mailing hundreds of thousands of emails impersonating Citi, using two different professionally looking email templates. Upon clicking on any of the...
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Spamvertised ‘Work at Home” scams impersonating CNBC spotted in the wild
By Dancho Danchev Online scammers often promise you the moon in exchange for virtually nothing besides a modest financial investment. They are largely successful due to the high number of socially...
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Pharmaceutical scammers spamvertise YouTube themed emails, entice users into...
By Dancho Danchev Pharmaceutical scammers are currently spamvertising a YouTube themed email campaign, attempting to socially engineer users into clicking on the links found in the legitimately looking...
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Cybercriminals resume spamvertising British Airways themed E-ticket receipts,...
By Dancho Danchev British Airways customers, watch out! Cybercriminals have resumed spamvertising fake British Airways themed E-receipts — we intercepted the same campaign back in October — in an...
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Fake ‘UPS Delivery Confirmation Failed’ themed emails lead to Black Hole...
By Dancho Danchev Continuing their well proven social engineering tactic of impersonating the market leading courier services, cybercriminals are currently mass mailing tens of thousands of emails...
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Webroot’s Threat Blog Most Popular Posts for 2012
By Dancho Danchev It’s that time of the year! The moment when we look back, and reflect on Webroot’s Threat Blog most popular content for 2012. Which are this year’s most popular posts? What...
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Spamvertised ‘Your Recent eBill from Verizon Wireless’ themed emails serve...
By Dancho Danchev Throughout 2012, we intercepted two malicious campaigns impersonating Verizon Wireless in an attempt to trick its customers into clicking on links pointing to fake eBills. It appears...
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Fake BBB (Better Business Bureau) Notifications lead to Black Hole Exploit Kit
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals have recently launched yet another massive spam campaign, impersonating a rather popular brand used in a decent percentage of social engineering driven email campaigns...
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‘Attention! Changes in the bank reports!’ themed emails lead to Black Hole...
By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising tens of thousands of emails in an attempt to impersonate the recipients’ bank, tricking them into thinking that the Ministry of Finance in...
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Fake ‘You have made an Ebay purchase’ themed emails lead to client-side...
By Dancho Danchev Over the past 24 hours, cybercriminals have launched yet another massive spam campaign, this time impersonating both eBay and PayPal, in an attempt to trick their users into clicking...
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A peek inside a boutique cybercrime-friendly E-shop – part six
By Dancho Danchev In 2012, we started the “A Peek Inside a Boutique Cybercrime-Friendly E-shop” series, in response to the emerging market segment largely driven by novice cybercriminals relying on...
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Novel Approach to Malware Discovery in today’s Threat Landscape
By Grayson Milbourne There are a number of similarities between biological viruses and those which infect our PC’s. For one, both types of infections rely on mutations to evade detection and survive....
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