TeslaCrypt is a piece of Ransomware which encrypts your data and locks it behind a “Pay up some serious cash or no…
Month: April 2015
A Week in Security (Apr 12 – 18)
Last week, our security researchers covered a number of 419 scams, with one taking lead from an old racket back in 2012;…
Steam Introduce Limited User Accounts
The disposable nature of scam accounts on Steam has always been a bit of a problem – roll into town, set up…
Another Day, Another 419 Fakeout
It seems 419 mails are like buses this week – you wait ages for one to come, and then three show…
Scam Lures Facebook Users with “Hot Video”, Drops Trojan
In January, The Guardian published a piece on Facebook‘s noteworthy success with its user-generated videos along with their growing shareability and viewability within the…
Scammers Spam Steam’s Artwork Gallery
We’ve spotted a new spamming trend on Steam wherein likely spammy accounts take advantage of the gaming platform’s Artwork service. These…
Flash EK Strikes Again via Google’s DoubleClick
A few days ago, we blogged about a malvertising attack on the HuffingtonPost website via a major ad network which took…
“Business Support Giveaway” 419 Scam
If we’re to believe everything our mailbox tells us, the United Nations Foundation are busy sending out missives informing lucky recipients…
Do Not Track: An Interactive Documentary Series
Who are you, what do you do and who is watching you do it? Three simple questions, posed by a new…
Real-Time Bidding and Malvertising: A Case Study
Malvertising continues to be one of the biggest and most effective infection mechanism which, for the most part, is based on rogue advertisers…