Malware authors like to play hide-and-seek. Social engineering tactics and hiding executable files inside trusted PDFs and Microsoft Office documents then emailing them as attachments are nothing new, but sometimes this one layer isn’t enough. This Avast Virus Lab analysis peels back the layers of a new threat. Malware authors continually surprise us with their creativity. […]
Fake Flash Player updates fool Facebook users. Facebook users have fallen victim to a recycled scam, and we want to make sure that all of our readers are fore-warned. Cybercrooks use social engineering tactics to fool people into clicking, and when the bait comes from a trusted friend on Facebook, it works very well. Here’s […]
Symantec looked into how attackers use phishing kits to conduct professional-looking, data-stealing campaigns against unsuspecting users.Read More
In June 2014, we told you about mobile ransomware called Simplocker that actually encrypted files (before Simplocker, mobile ransomware only claimed to encrypt files to scare users into paying). Simplocker infected more than 20,000 unique users, locking Android devices and encrypting files located in the external storage. Then, it asked victims to pay a ransom […]
Phishing email uses tactics to evade mail filters and browser blacklists Read More
E-mail de phishing utiliza táticas para evitar os filtros de mensagens e listas negras do navegador
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Las tácticas usadas en el correo electrónico falso permiten evadir los filtros de correo y las listas negras de los navegadores
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During the Christmas holidays, my mother received this email from a well-meaning friend. Since her daughter works for the most trusted security company in the world, she immediately asked me about the authenticity of the message. Here’s the email: Subject: VIRUS COMING ! Hi All, PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS! You […]
Significant spike in malicious spam emails containing links, as attackers move away from attachments in their efforts to spread Downloader.Ponik and Downloader.Upatre.
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Today’s biggest threat to the normal consumer is the consumer themselves. This bold statement was made by Avast CEO Vincent Steckler in an interview with German technology website Valuetech in Munich last week. That’s a daring position to take after this year’s revelations about NSA spying, the theft of tens of millions of customer passwords […]