Users of gaming platform Steam have the ability to upload images from games, post messages, and more besides, into their social network…
Month: March 2017
Tech support scammers and their banking woes
We all know about tech support scams by this point. We know how they cold call, lie their way into your…
What are exploits? (And why you should care)
Exploits: they’re not your mama’s cyberthreats. At one point in the not-so-distant past, exploits were responsible for delivering 80 percent of…
Websites compromised in ‘Decimal IP’ campaign
When looking at malicious traffic, one of the things we are interested in are the hosts involved in a particular attack. For…
Explained: Sage ransomware
Sage is yet another ransomware that has become a common threat nowadays. Similarly to Spora, it has capabilities to encrypt files…
World of Warcraft phish campaign lures victims with free pet
A phishing campaign currently in circulation is attempting to bait World of Warcraft with the promise of free in-game pets. We’ve…
A week in security (Mar 20th – Mar 26th)
Last week, we investigated Twitter app scammers using stolen celebrity nudes as bait, explored the world of Chinese PUPs and backdoors, took…
Mobile Menace Monday: Preinstalled adware and sometimes worse
BLU manufactured mobile devices have been discovered with preinstalled adware known as Android/Adware.YeMobi. Behavior of YeMobi The incriminating behavior of adware YeMobi…
Advanis tech support screenlocker
Recently we noticed a change on one of the domains that we monitor because they are known to host files related to…
New targeted attack against Saudi Arabia Government
A new spear phishing campaign is targeting Saudi Arabia governmental organizations. The attack originates from a phishing email containing a Word document…