Update (April 21): Shortly after this story ran and was picked up by WOWKTV I was contacted (“I need to speak…
Month: March 2014
A Familiar Phish Preludes The New Tax Season
Seasons always indicate the beginning of something, and more often than not, new beginnings can bring about some expected danger. April…
“No War on Syria” Spam Used To Harvest Emails
It appears that spammers never waste an opportunity, not even with the Syrian Civil War. During its course, there have been…
Growing Onions, TOR Usage Rising in Turkey.
Usage of TOR to circumvent state sponsored censorship is undergoing an explosive growth spurt in Turkey, as Turkish citizens are flocking…
PayPal “Unauthorized Credit Card Payment” Phish
A fake PayPal email, addressed “Dear PayPal”, with an attachment to fill in? What could possibly go wrong? The email reads…
Digital Coin Miners getting help from Play Store presence
Coin mining is a key component for digital currencies like Bitcoin and Dogecoin. The mining creates new coins and helps keep them…
SoundCloud Downloader: Always Read the EULA(s)
Up above, you can see a (sanitised) screenshot of a web-browser shortly after installing a “SoundCloud Downloader”. The non-sanitised version has…
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0
I am overjoyed to announce the launch of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0. I know you’ve been waiting a very long time for this and…
Mt. Gox Lost and Found
We have spoken about Bitcoin extensively in the past, with the most recent example being a scam that targets users of a…
Research Paper Shows Upgrading Android Could Upgrade Malware
Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington and Microsoft released a paper detailing a new set of vulnerabilities in the Android Operating System…