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The Anatomy and Deception of a Malicious URL
In this article I promise deception, technological trickery, impart a bit of knowledge, insight, and all through what I hope to be an interesting read for you. I was browsing through a long list of malicious URL's and I came across an interesting... -
USB drives infected? A quick analysis
by Rossano Ferraris Interestingly the new year 2008 opened its doors with a surprising news in the malware field. Hardware infected? Yes, again malware guys have showed their extraordinary fantasy to spread panic and disasters over the computer world... -
Internet searches under attack: next in series
by Rossano Ferraris Another interesting case I would like to bring to your attention is the effect of the so-called “fake-codec” trojans. Here is what I figured out after searching the phrase “daily dawn” on the Google search engine. The screenshot reflects... -
Internet searches under attack
by Rossano Ferraris Users are being infected with malware from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, malware authors are continually refining their technique. As I will show in this write-up, clicking on the results from innocent searches, like looking... -
Follow-up: Facebook's Response
In addition to the statement we received this past Friday, we have received further communications from Facebook's privacy department, this time directly addressing the silent data transfer to facebook.com. Hi Stefan, Thanks for clarifying your concerns... -
Facebook SocialAds – Going Too Far?
“Creepy”, “stupid”, and “a violation of privacy” are a few ways people have described Facebook’s new advertising system. Facebook Ads introduce both a privacy concern and an annoyance factor, and give the user only marginal control over the annoyance... -
Be aware of fake Microsoft Updates
by Rossano Ferraris The other day spammers spread two interesting emails to users throughout the Internet and attempted to make users believe these emails originated from Microsoft. The emails contained an alert that advised users of an undiscovered vulnerability... -
E-jihad cyber attack is back: rumours or a serious threat?
by Rossano Ferraris Bin Laden's cyber legions are fighting back? It is a bit hard to understand what comes out from cyber-criminal minds but what is sure is that once we hear about e-jihad, security researchers are requested to keep their eyes very... -
Web of Deception
Just how dangerous is the Internet? We have all heard stories about Government websites being hacked, financial banking scams and malware that encrypts your data and holds it hostage. Did you know that just owning a computer and having it online puts... -
Ghosts and Ghouls
A famous quotation from the The Art of War is "If you know both yourself and your enemy, you will come out of one hundred battles with one hundred victories." A malware author following the principles of Sun Tzu might say "If you know both... -
Operation GreenDot, Following the SPAM
Do you ever wonder what is at the other end of the SPAM email that you receive in your inbox? You often see emails advertising cheap software, hot stock tips, and various pharmaceuticals. I think that we have all gotten the v1gra and Cialis emails. One... -
The Culprit Isn’t Always a Trojan
The day after I got back from a 16 day trip to Europe, I opened a letter from an unknown company who informed me that information about my bank account had been removed by one of their employees. The employee sold the information to a data broker who... -
Robbery, is your data prepared?
A chill ran up my spine when I came to my front door and it was already open. A USB cable lay strewn across the doorway. I could hear a stereo speaker eerily buzzing inside. I pushed the swinging door aside and confirmed my fear. I was robbed! After a... -
Shades of Gray – finding the devil in the details
In my last blog post , I discussed the importance of malware knowledge and research. I will go into a little detail here to respond to some of the rather "binary", sweeping generalizations that I've encountered recently. Some of the most... -
AVIND – or the devil is in the details
Anti-Virus is Not Dead - AVIND, with apologies and full respect to Robin Bloor (who has an excellent blog where he discusses AVID and makes an impassioned case for AVID) and others. Nor, incidentally, are anti-spyware or anti-anything dead, as I hope...
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