Category Archives: Fake Security Software

Exposing a Portfolio of Pay Per Install Rogue and Fraudulent and Malicious Affiliate Network Domains – An OSINT Analysis

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 Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to share with everyone an in-depth historical OSINT analysis on some of the primary pay per install rogue fraudulent and malicious affiliate network based rogue and fraudulent revenue sharing scheme operating malici… Continue reading Exposing a Portfolio of Pay Per Install Rogue and Fraudulent and Malicious Affiliate Network Domains – An OSINT Analysis→

Exposing the Pay Per Install (PPI) Underground Market Fraudulent and Rogue Business Model – A Photos Compilation

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Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to share with everyone a photos compilation which I obtained and actually collected back in 2008 using Technical Collection for the purtpose of demonstrating the basics of the pay per install fraudulent anda rogue undergr… Continue reading Exposing the Pay Per Install (PPI) Underground Market Fraudulent and Rogue Business Model – A Photos Compilation→

Exposing the Internet-Connected Infrastructure of the Infamous “Innovative Marketing” Rogue Scareware Provider – An OSINT Analysis

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Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to share with everyone a currently active domain portfolio of rogue scareware domains including payment processing gateways courtesy of the infamous “Innovative Marketing” rogue scareware provider.Sample domain portfolio … Continue reading Exposing the Internet-Connected Infrastructure of the Infamous “Innovative Marketing” Rogue Scareware Provider – An OSINT Analysis→

Exposing the Pay Per Install Underground Business Model – Historical OSINT – An Analysis – 2008 – Part Two

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In my previous analysis on the pay per install underground market business model I elaborated more on the actual business model using a variety of images which I’ve collected over the years to showcase the business model sticking to the usual “an … Continue reading Exposing the Pay Per Install Underground Business Model – Historical OSINT – An Analysis – 2008 – Part Two→

Historical OSINT – The Russian Business Network Says “Hi”

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You know you’re popular when “they” say “hi”.

It’s 2009 and I’ve received a surprising personal email courtesy of guess who – The Russian Business Network showing off the actual ownership of the hxxp://rbnnetwork.com domain and basically saying “hi”. … Continue reading Historical OSINT – The Russian Business Network Says “Hi”→

Profiling “Innovative Marketing” – The Flagship Malvertising andf Scareware Distributor – Circa 2008 – An OSINT Analysis

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Continuing the “FBI Most Wanted Cybercriminals” series I’ve decided to take a closer look at “Innovative Marketing” the primary malvertising and scareware distributor participating in several high-profile malvertising and scareware-serving campaigns ci… Continue reading Profiling “Innovative Marketing” – The Flagship Malvertising andf Scareware Distributor – Circa 2008 – An OSINT Analysis→

Historical OSINT – Yet Another Massive Scareware-Serving Campaign Courtesy of the Koobface Gang

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It’s 2010 and I’ve recently came across to yet another currently active scareware-serving campaign courtesy of the Koobface gang this time successfully introducing a CAPTCHA-breaking module potentially improving the propagation and distribution scale w… Continue reading Historical OSINT – Yet Another Massive Scareware-Serving Campaign Courtesy of the Koobface Gang→

Historical OSINT – Massive Scareware Serving Campaign Spotted in the Wild

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With scareware continuing to proliferate I’ve recently intercepted a currently active malicious and fraudulent blackhat SEO campaign successfully enticing thousands of users into interacting with the rogue and malicious software with the scareware behi… Continue reading Historical OSINT – Massive Scareware Serving Campaign Spotted in the Wild→

Who’s Behind BakaSoftware? – OSINT Analysis

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Remember BakaSoftware? The ubiquitous scareware-serving and distributing money laundering scareware affiliate-based network circa 2008? It appears that the time has come to expose the actual individuals behind the campaign and the actual network.

In t… Continue reading Who’s Behind BakaSoftware? – OSINT Analysis→

Historical OSINT – Massive Blackhat SEO Campaign Spotted in the Wild Serves Scareware

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It’s 2010 and I’ve recently stumbled upon a currently active and circulating malicious and fraudulent blackhat SEO campaign successfully enticing hundreds of thousands globally into interacting with a multi-tude of rogue and malicious software also kno… Continue reading Historical OSINT – Massive Blackhat SEO Campaign Spotted in the Wild Serves Scareware→