Ransom32 is a new ransomware implemented in a very atypical style. Emisoft provides a good description of its functionality here. In our post,…
Month: January 2016
A Week in Security (Jan 03 – Jan 09)
Last week, we sent our readers a survey that they may want to check out and answer. We created it in…
Was Mac OS X really the most vulnerable in 2015?
Much has been said in the security world about the recent release of data on vulnerabilities discovered in 2015. Due to the…
Survey: Tell Us What You Think About Our PUP Friday Posts
Six months. 10 posts. That’s exactly how long PUP Friday has been running and the precise number of blog posts we…
If you hack us, do we not bleed? Stratford-tc(dot)gov(dot)uk defaced
Is this a hacker I see before me? It would appear so, given that the .gov site for Stratford-upon-Avon town council –…
Malvertising Campaign via Pop-under Ads Sends CryptoWall 4
We have caught a new malvertising campaign on the PopAds network launching the Magnitude exploit kit via pop-under ads. A pop-under is an ad…
Clickjacking Campaign Plays on European Cookie Law
We’ve spotted an advertising campaign that tricks users into clicking on what looks like a notification alert that actually hides a…
Facebook “Page Disabled” Phish Wants your Card Details
Fake Facebook Security pages are quite a common sight, and there’s a “Your page will be disabled unless…” scam in circulation…
A Week in Security (Dec 27 – Jan 02)
Last week, we touched on several online threats that were in the wild: Notable news stories and security related happenings: Safe…
WebSearcher PUP applies Proxy Lockdown
What makes this one different? What makes this one different is that it uses a set of permissions to get the…