Last week, we published a review of exploit kits, talked about everyday tech that can give you a headache, and showed…
Tag: botnet
Trojans: What’s the real deal?
The fictional Greeks hiding in their legendary Trojan horse would probably be excited to learn that the default Wiki page for…
A week in security (June 4 – June 10)
Last week on Labs, we took a look at hidden mobile ads, the perils of social media spam, and how to…
Internet Shortcut used in Necurs malspam campaign
The Necurs botnet continues to be one of the most prolific malicious spam distributors, with regular waves of carefully-crafted attachments that…
Avzhan DDoS bot dropped by Chinese drive-by attack
The Avzhan DDoS bot has been known since 2010, but recently we saw it in wild again, being dropped by a…
A state of constant uncertainty or uncertain constancy? Fast flux explained
Last August, WireX made headlines. For one thing, it was dubbed the first-known DDoS botnet that used the Android platform. For…
More trouble in Google Play land
This is not a good week for Google, it seems. After our mobile security experts repeatedly discovered adware on several apps…
A week in security (October 9 – October 15)
Last week on the Labs blog, we talked about GDPR as part of our series in the National Cyber Security Awareness…
Five unsettling cyberthreats
Cyberthreats are typically boring, repetitive, and require a reasonably predictable remediation process. A SQL injection is a SQL injection, no matter…
Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets
NOTE: thanks to the Wack0lian for research contributions It would seem that scams as a service are a growth business…