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Fake AntiVirus Pop Ups, Mac Edition
I often hear Mac users say “Oh, I don’t have to worry about viruses. I have a Mac!” Well, unfortunately,...
Security Threat Concerns ATM Industry
Today, there are over 2.2 million ATMs worldwide, and by 2015 there will be around 3 million. ATM skimming accounts...
Responses to Cybercrime in Japan and France
This week the Sorbonne University and the French Department of Justice hosted a meeting, the World and Development Institute (IMODEV) International...
15 Tips To Better Password Security
Protect your information by creating a secure password that makes sense to you, but not to others. Most people don’t...
Social Networking Security Awareness
One in five online consumers has been a victim of cybercrime in the past two years. Social networking is a...
Dissecting Zeus for Android (or Is It Just SMS Spyware?)
Zeus, also known as ZBot, is one of best-known malware in the industry. The main purpose of this malware is...
15 Social Media Security Tips
1. Realize that you can become a victim at any time. Not a day goes by when we don’t hear...
Myth: Apple Products Don’t Get Viruses
Have you ever bitten into an apple and found a worm? I have, and it’s yummy! Anyway, how many times...
Guide To Online Banking Safety for Confident Consumers
A recent poll revealed that 54% of U.S. consumers said the theft of their personal or financial information worried them...
Why Does My Car Have Its Own Smartphone?
You would be surprised at the number of places you can find a GSM SIM card. Outside of your mobile phone,...
Spitmo vs Zitmo: Banking Trojans Target Android
SpyEye and Zeus are probably the most prevalent and active Trojan “banker” families seen in the wild. (Bankers steal bank...
Rooting Exploit for Android Works Silently
In our last blog about Android malware, we discussed the expanding threat landscape for Android malware. Recently, we received an...
No Winners at QR Code Roulette
Last year a friend had a bright idea for a party game that involved a series of QR codes in...
The Day of the Golden Jackal – The Next Tale in the Stuxnet Files: Duqu Updated
Stuxnet was possibly the most complex attack of this decade, and we expected that similar attacks would appear in the...
Satanbot Employs VBScript to Create Botnet
Malware is on the rise. At the beginning of 2008, our malware collection had 10 million samples. Today we have...
Android Malware Spreads Through QR Code
Last week, there was quite a buzz in the mobile-malware researchers community about a new Android malware. It came to...
French Magazine Suffers Web Hack, Firebombing
To celebrate the recent victory of the Tunisian Islamist party, the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” published a special issue...
ZeroAccess Rootkit Launched by Signed Installers
Digital certificates and certificate authorities have been much in the news recently. Attacks–such as those used by Stuxnet, Duqu, and...
Inside Adobe Reader Zero-Day Exploit CVE 2011-2462
Recently a critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader X and Adobe Acrobat X Versions 10.1.1 and earlier for...
Fighting Mobile Phone Impersonation and Surveillance
Yesterday at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress (28C3), in Berlin, security researchers along with Karsten Nohl and Luca Melette showcased...
Networked Printers at Risk
Multifunction printers (MFPs) have been common in offices for years. They let employees print, scan, and copy documents. Two separate talks...
Almost 5% of Smartphones Lost Every Year
McAfee and Ponemon Institute recently released “The Lost Smartphone Problem,” a study that attempts to determine how many employees’ smartphones...
Android DIY DoS App Boosts Hacktivism in South America
Hacktivism has become very popular in recent years; one of its leading agents is the online community Anonymous. Hacktivist groups...
Google Code Projects Host Android Malware
[March 1: See update at end] Google Code is a well-known platform that provides a collaborative environment for developers working...
Don’t Let Location-Based Services Put You in Danger
Location-based services utilize geo-location information to publish your whereabouts. In some cases, these services can also provide discounts or freebies...
Android Malware Pairs Man-in-the-Middle With Remote-Controlled Banking Trojan
Based on the Android malware that we’ve seen so far, one of the principal motivations to develop and spread malware...
Darkshell DDOS Botnet Evolves With Variants
Darkshell is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet targeting Chinese websites. It was found in 2011 and was first...
