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Fake CNN and BBC spam messages use current events like “New Pope sued over sex abuse” to lure users to exploit sites.
AVG Web ...
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The AVG Web Threats Research group found a redesign of a recent ransomware page that claims the scam has dealings with most of the ma...
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1. MSN site redirects to Cool Exploit Kit
Last weekend the AVG Web Threat Research group noticed a spike in LinkScanner® detectio...
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Here are the threats that the AVG Web Threats Research group expects to see in the coming New Year.
1. Java will remain the top ex...
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Ransomware has become a popular way for the bad guys to extort money from users. It is usually installed by drive-by exploit kits suc...
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Fake AV operators continue to change the graphic interface design on their malicious creations.
Clones we’ve seen recently inclu...
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When we saw the adjacent sign at a small-town, independent IT service company called The Computer Shop, in Carlisle, Pa (north easte...
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When Good Ads Go Bad
Earlier this week numerous groups at AVG began noticing a massive wave of detections of Blackhole E...
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The AVG Web Threats Research Group found a new ransomware page delivered by the Blackhole exploit kit this week. The malware, which c...
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It is not uncommon for the AVG Web Threats Research Group to receive comments from webmasters of compromised sites that are serving m...
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1. “Canadian pharmacy” uses phony YouTube video to attract business
The AVG Web Threats Research team this week found a “C...
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The AVG Web Threats research group has detected an obfuscated redirect on a page belonging to a vendor listed by the US Transportatio...
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1. What’s lurking in those links on YouTube?
YouTube visitors should be wary of the links that come with YouTube video...
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1. eBay.co.uk listing redirecting bidders to exploit kit
AVG analysts have discovered an ebay.co.uk auction listing that is ...
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AVG analysts spotted a script-injection hack on web site of the District of Columbia, USA. The malicious change to the Web page takes...
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1. Email messages impersonating LinkedIn correspondence used as lure to Blackhole sites
Blackhole users have begun usi...
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1. Blackhole ransom ware impersonates UK Metropolitan Police site
This Blackhole ransom ware install pretends to be from theUK’s...
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1. Ransomware installations
In the last week we’ve seen some new screens presented by Blackhole exploit kit installations. The f...
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1. Is FakeAV Dead?
No sooner did the world’s Internet users get the message five or so years ago that they should be running an ...
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The AVG threat research lab expects no radically new web threats in 2012, but rather refinements of existing scams and malicious tech...
