Myfavoritetube serves malicious codec

Pretends to be Windows Media Player

SUN 17 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Unintended consequences and Fuse Kit

Fuse Kit is a cool utility to create animations in Flash. Unfortunately, it’s popular with malware distributors, who are using it to create malicious advertisements

SUN 17 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

More "Certified" malware

Antivirus XP 2008 delivers a malware certed from GlobalSign. I've sent them an email

THU 14 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

New rogue security product: Internet-antivirus

The GUI is similar to XPAntivirus, however it’s a different program 

MON 11 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Fake CNN headlines

A new round of spam pushing fake codecs. Last week we had fake Reuters. Now, we have fake CNN

TUE 05 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

IRS Stimulus package phish

Pretty slick

WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

A new service by a company called LiquidID is mildly interesting.

One of the potential hazards of OpenID is that your email address might get compromised and then life won’t be fun anymore.

WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Are Chinese hackers more coordinated than conventional wisdom?

Jumper over at the Dark Visitor (a blog which focuses almost excluslively on Chinese hackers) takes issue with Bruce Schneier’s article, The Truth about Chinese Hackers

TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Another fake MS spam

The file being pushed, free.exe, is an installerfor Antivirus XP 2008, a nasty rogue antispyware program

TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Airlines take it to the streets

This is extraordinary and example of how technology may very well trump the old-school oil companies and commodities markets.

THU 10 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Weird ad for wireless

FRI 27 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Hijacking Google

FRI 27 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Raft of fake CareerBuilder jobs hit mailboxes

You may have seen a wave of fake job offers disguised as coming through CareerBuilder. The recipient is asked to contact the employer through an email address. Email addresses we have observed so far are:

TUE 24 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Facebook targeted by phishers

TUE 24 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Teenagers face Jail for Hacking School Grades

Two California teenagers have been charged with hacking into their school computers and changing lackluster grades

FRI 20 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

New type of stock spam may confound antispam engines

It’s been a while since we all saw a big stock spam push. 

TUE 17 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Casualties: Zango's recent layoffs includes senior execs

TUE 17 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Zango odds and ends

Zango tells employee’s they’re good to go: We received a report that Zango laid off 70 people today.

MON 16 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Nasty new trojan changes router settings

WED 11 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Malware distributors move to Dogpile for redirects

First Google, then DoubleClick redirects, now Dogpile is a new favorite for XSS redirects by malware authors.

SUN 08 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog