My name is Thomas Reed, and I’m the former owner of The Safe Mac and creator of the anti-adware program AdwareMedic….
Month: July 2015
Don’t take this Lucky Wheel for a Spin…
Today, we’re going to look at another site which wants you to fire up Whatsapp and spam messages to friends [1], [2]…
PUP makers: digital snake oil, part 3
But wait, there’s more! We have explained our recent changes to our PUP classification, where we have decided to include Registry Cleaners and…
Revisiting The Bunitu Trojan
This post describes the infection process of the latest version of the Bunitu Proxy Trojan as seen delivered by the Neutrino…
Like Getting Free Steam Stuff? This Post is for You
As much as game sales are seasonal, so are some scams targeting video gamers. This particular type of scam—one we’ve seen time and time…
Fake “Microsoft Official Promotion” Email Offers £450,000 Prize
We begin the week with a fake “Microsoft Official Promotion” scam which attempts to convince recipients that they’ve won £450,000. They’re also…
A Week in Security (Jul 05 – Jul 11)
Last week, we took a crack at the hacking incident that happened with the Hacking Team, an IT company based in…
Another Hacking Team Flash Player 0day Uncovered (UPDATED)
Update: 07/15 7 As reported by Kafeine, Magnitude EK is now using this zero-day. Update: 07/14 7 As reported by brooks_li, RIG EK…
DirectRev Malvertising Uses Self Sufficient Flash 0Day
We have been observing a surge in drive-by download attacks since the recent Flash zero-day (now patched). This is due to the…
Malware-Guns For Hire
The Italian team of paid hackers known as “Hacking Team” suffered an embarrassing attack of their internal systems this past weekend….