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- Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads
- A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign. According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...
- Tags: Advertisement, Gawker Media, Suzuki, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google
- Originally exposed as a botnet redirecting and monetizing hijacked traffic to over 200,000 parked domains primarily located in the Bahamas, researchers from ClickForensics have recently found evidence on active DNS hijacking of Google properties allowing cybercriminals to steal revenue from Google by pulling search results and displaying them on a...
- Tags: Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets
- Head of Google's Anti-Malvertising team Eric Davis wants Internet Service Providers to look beyond profits and take a more proactive approach to dealing with malware-infested computers on their networks. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics
- Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites
- EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sitesRE: EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sitesFrom what I know, it affected some versions of Chrome and Firefox, so if using other browsers on Mac or Linux such as Safari, or Firefox 3.5 which would silently block the Javascript, then it won't be...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Web site development, Viruses and worms, Web technology, Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Inc., EyeWonder, malware incident, subdomain, malware, popular web site, Web site, Web
- Discussion threads 2009-07-03
- EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites
- During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings appearing through the EyeWonder interactive digital advertising...
- Tags: Web, EyeWonder, Malware, Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Scareware pops-up at FoxNews
- There have been numerous reports from affected users that a scareware variant of PersonalAntivirus and ExtraAntivirus has been poping-up at FoxNews.com during the last couple of days, through a malvertising campaign. This most recent case of malvertising (MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising; Fake Antivirus XP...
- Tags: Web, Advertisement, Campaign, Network, Web Site, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 zero day exploited in the wild
- Yesterday, Adobe confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.0 and earlier, originally detected by the Shadowserver Foundation last week. The onging targeted attacks have since been confirmed by both, Symantec and McAfee urging users to disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Attack, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Fake Antivirus XP pops-up at Cleveland.com
- Have we reached the phrase when targeted advertising would equal evasive malware campaigns pushed through third-party ad networks, to a geolocated set of visitors only? Could be. During the weekend, rogue antivirus XP pop-ups were served to visitors of Cleveland.com, according to visitors' complaints which I also managed to verify....
- Tags: Advertisement, Network, Antivirus, Ad Network, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising
- MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertisingAnd the average userIs left where? Generally, bewildered. Even the original story is at the limits of her/his understanding because of the use of insider terms. "Portal" is mysterious to some people. Got a cure-all for the simpletons?--GlennP.S. I'm...
- Tags: Portals, MSN Norway, MSN
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack
- In the wake of the recent malvertising attacks where malicious flash ads were appearing at trusted web sites, evidence from multiple vendors and researchers indicates that spammers and malware authors have once again switched tactics, and are one again abusing legitimate services such as Google's Picasa and ImageShack. Whereas the...
- Tags: Technique, Spammer, Malware, Google Picasa, Attack, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising
- Morten Krakvik from the Norwegian Honeynet Project is reporting that MSN Norway is among the latest victims of malvertising, a practice where a bogus advertising provider tricks leading portals into accepting advertisements from its network, which often end up redirecting to live exploit URLs. The recent wave of malvertising that...
- Tags: MSN, Advertisement, Portals, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
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