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Google Chrome may be one of the more secure browsers but an increasing number of malicious extensions are being forced onto users. The one we analyze can hide itself and receive commands from a remote server in order to hijack the browser with incessan… Continue reading Rogue Chrome extension pushes tech support scam
Online fraudsters managed to waltz past Google’s vetting and successfully plant a rogue ad for the world’s most searched for retail store: Amazon.
Read my latest article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Google search results are falling foul of scammers spoofing well-known sites
Researchers have spotted an increase in CryptoShield ransomware infections coming from the RIG Exploit Kit used by EITest delivery campaigns. Continue reading CryptoShield Infections from RIG EK Picking Up
Behind compromised sites or malvertising, you will often find trails that can take you back years and see how infection chains evolved, or didn’t, over time.Categories: Exploits
Threat analysisTags: campaigneitestexploit kitsiframemalvertisingmalwarer… Continue reading A look back at the Zyns iframer campaign
Vetting vendors doesn’t have to be painful – if you know your risk tolerance posture, and have a mature communication channel with your own security team.Categories: Business
Security world
TechnologyTags: cyber threatscybersecurityinfosecmalvertisin… Continue reading Vetting your vendors: money isn’t everything
Next time when you see an advertisement of your favorite pair of shoes on any website, even if it is legitimate, just DO NOT CLICK ON IT.
…Because that advertising could infect you in such a way that not just your system, but every device connected to your network would get affected.
A few days ago, we reported about a new exploit kit, dubbed Stegano, that hides malicious code in the pixels
Continue reading DNSChanger Malware is Back! Hijacking Routers to Target Every Connected Device
DNSChanger causes network computers to visit fraudulent domains. Continue reading Home routers under attack in ongoing malvertisement blitz
The DNSChanger exploit kit is back and more effective than ever, and is being used in a widespread malvertising attack whose goal is to compromise small/home office routers. According to Proofpoint researchers, the attacker’s current main goal is to change DNS records on the target router, so that it queries the attacker’s rogue DNS servers, and the users are served with ads that will earn the attackers money. But, “when attackers control the DNS server … More → Continue reading Malvertising campaign compromises routers instead of computers
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 4th of December to the 10th. This week, we talked about DGA, a rootkit, another malvertising campaign, and a fake news about “smart drugs”.Categories: Security world
Week in securityTags: … Continue reading A week in security (Dec 04 – Dec 10)
Manipulated images are almost impossible to detect by the untrained eye. Continue reading Millions exposed to malvertising that hid attack code in banner pixels