By now, avast! users are aware of the importance of creating strong computer passwords, and guarding their Social Security number like a trained Doberman. But what about the humble four-digit PIN number? Personal identification numbers (PINs) are security features just like passwords. They give access to your mobile phone, credit card, bank account, and numerous […]
The gang that maintains Android.Enesoluty has been busy since last summer registering over one hundred domains used to host app sites and sending spam from these domains. It is now apparent that the group is also still busy developing malware variants….
Some days my children make me proud and other days, well – let’s just say they give me palpitations! But after 16 years in the job, I have resigned myself to the fact that the big highs and big lows are just part of the parenting rollercoaster ride. But as far as lows go – Read more…
Our analysis of Trojan.Jokra, the threat which recently caused major outages within the Korean Broadcasting and Banking sectors, has produced another wiper.
Security researchers the past few days have been discussing the wiper component found in this T…
Tidserv (a.k.a. TDL) is a complex threat that employs rootkit functionality in an attempt to evade detection. The malware continues to be on the Symantec radar since its discovery back in 2008. The latest variant of Tidserv being distributed in the wil…
Web advertisers got a nasty surprise this week after the discovery of the “Chameleon” botnet, a network of thousands of computers stealing millions of dollars through fake adverts. To-date, researchers have found over 120,000 home PCs infected with Chameleon, and they estimate the bot costs advertisers a whopping $6 million per month. That sounds like Read more…
メッセージからリンクされるランディングページは、「Cyprus Crysys [sic] – BBC（キプロス機危 [原文まま] – BBC）」というタイトルで、BBC の実際のニュースに偽装しています。このページには、「You will be redirected to news（ニュースサイトにリダイレクトされます）」とも書かれています。
図 2. Blackhole 悪用ツールキットが偽装した BBC ニュースのランディングページ
実際のリダイレクト先は、おなじみの Blackhole 悪用ツールキットのページで、そこには Adobe Flash Player や Adobe Acrobat Reader、Java の脆弱性を狙ういくつかの悪用コードが仕掛けられています。数秒後にはタイマー機能が実行され、今度は本物の BBC Web サイトにリダイレクトされます。
前述したように、キプロスは EU でも特に人口の少ない加盟国ですが、この国で起きる出来事の影響はそれ以上に大きい意味を持っています。ギリシャの多くの人々が、最近の財政危機と政治的不安定のなか、預金を保全するためにキプロスの銀行に資金を移動したからです。また、キプロスはロシア企業にとってオフショアセンターとしても大きな役割をはたしています。
