A weekly round-up of blog posts and interesting happenings in the news, you say? Step right this way! First, we take…
Month: October 2014
“To get free Steam games, follow these 4 steps…”
Here’s a .tk URL claiming to offer up free Steam games located at free-steam-games-2014(dot)tk If you’re fond of seeing [Sic] pop…
The Emulation Imitation
Back in the day, an obsolete video game console tended to equal dead games tied to the platform and unless you…
More Free Facebook Hacking Sites Surface Online
Four months ago, I unmasked a Facebook “hacking” service called FBSniffing and how it really doesn’t really “hack” but instead sign in users to a mobile…
Encountering the Wild PUP
The Internet is full of dangers; threats like malware, phishing attacks, hackers and drive-by exploits are some of the most commonly…
Changes in the LSP stack
What does LSP stand for? LSP is short for Layered Service Provider. A Layered Service Provider is a file (.dll) using…
A Week in Security (Oct 05 – 11)
Another week, another round-up of news and breaking stories! On the Malwarebytes Unpacked blog, I looked at some phone numbers in…
Mobile advertisers use malware tricks to get installs
Deceptive advertising targeting Android users is an effective way of getting malware installed. Now some advertisers are using it to get…
“Dear Important Business Proposal..”
Carter Ham, a retired four-star United States Army general, is supposedly on Linkedin—and he wants you (to read his personal message). Dat message…
Here, Vishy Vishy…
Voice phishing – Vishing, for short – has been around for a long time and is all about using the phone…