Dec 7, 2013 3 min read Dec 7, 2013 Malware Lab Amazon Drones and the Future of Anti-Malware The holidays are here, and the news media is all a flutter about Amazon.com. Cyber Monday has of course beat Black Friday once again, and since this has been old news for at least the past 5 years someone decided it was time to change the subject to something else. Enter: Amazon Delivery Drones This […]
Dec 4, 2013 3 min read Dec 4, 2013 Malware Lab Protector Rogue Re-emerges As recently discussed in our post about Hacking Identity Theft, there are number of ways that malware can work its way onto your computer. One of the most common modes of entry is through a Trojan Horse program that fools you into installation by presenting itself as a useful plug-in or application. Rogue security software […]
Nov 13, 2013 5 min read Nov 13, 2013 Malware Lab Why spam is annoying but malware is frightening Spam and malware from the view of a marketing professional. Why does spam have to be ugly? When was the last time you received a really good looking, sophisticated, unsolicited email? Actually, I’d have to dig really deep in my spam folder in order to find an example of interesting, engaging or (haha) well designed […]
Nov 12, 2013 1 min read Nov 12, 2013 Malware Lab MeGaHeRTZ warez group silently spreading malware File-sharing sites and torrents are dangerous places by definition, as one can easily become infected with a nasty virus. It is rare for the so-called warez scene to expose its users to malware directly; usually it’s added later by third parties. Unfortunately not all groups seem to play by these rules: As of Saturday, all […]
Sep 10, 2013 4 min read Sep 10, 2013 Ransomware CryptoLocker – a new ransomware variant Over the past few days Emsisoft’s malware research team has received numerous reports of a new file encrypting ransomware strain. This new family of ransomware is commonly referred to as CryptoLocker or Trojan:Win32/Crilock.A. Like all file encrypting ransomware (also known as crypto malware) the goal of the attacker is to encrypt important files on the […]
May 27, 2013 5 min read May 27, 2013 Malware Lab Seriously? USA to legalize rootkits, spyware, ransomware and trojans to combat piracy? By now most users will already be familiar with ransomware, either because they have been affected by it themselves at some point or because they have seen it on a friend’s PC. Ransomware usually refers to a special category of malware that essentially tries to hold a user’s computer and files hostage and demands payment […]
Apr 25, 2013 3 min read Apr 25, 2013 Malware Lab New Skype scam uses chat bots: Fake webcam girls want your credit card information Emsisoft shows how a chat bot attempts to contact people through a contact request on Skype resulting in attempted credit card fraud.
Apr 8, 2013 3 min read Apr 8, 2013 Security Alerts Phone fraud: Scammer uses Microsoft’s name to install malware Phone fraud has been around for a long time. Nowadays, however, this tactic is also being used to infect your PC with malware. Unknown callers pretend to be employees of an established company and ask for remote access to solve a PC problem. The fraudsters preferably pose as technical support agents for Microsoft, but also […]
Mar 15, 2013 3 min read Mar 15, 2013 Malware Lab Security advice: Be careful when using Java Java is installed on almost all computers. This is an obvious security risk, considering that there are regular announcements on new Java vulnerabilities that enable hackers to infect your PC with malware. However, most users don’t even need Java and can safely uninstall it without losing needed functionality. Keep reading to learn all you […]
Feb 21, 2013 2 min read Feb 21, 2013 Malware Lab NBC network websites hacked: Distributing dangerous Citadel and ZeroAccess malware through exploits The websites of the famous US broadcaster NBC as well as various popular NBC shows like “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, “Jay Leno’s Garage”, and possibly others have been hacked. Attackers managed to inject malicious iframes both inside the homepages as well as some JavaScript files that point to the RedKit exploit kit: Overall we […]
