This PC Will Self-Destruct in Ten Seconds

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Phishing Trojans that try to remain below the radar are still prevalent, but a number of files coming through Threat Research point to a disturbing trend: Several ... Read more..

‘30 Rock’ Phrase ‘Circulus et Pruna’ Draws Fakealerts

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Every search result on the first page (and most of the second page) of results for "circulus et pruna" leads to a Fakealert trap. Read more..

Fakealert Accurately Mimics Windows Update

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt A new Windows Update-themed stupid malware trick that’s making the rounds appears to be trying to capitalize on the recent frequency of “out of band” Windows patches Microsoft ... Read more..

Ron Paul, Beyonce Tease a Drive-By Rogue AV

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Here’s a mind-bender for you to ponder over the holidays: What do diva musician Beyonce, the massively-multiplayer game World of Warcraft, the anime series Naruto, and Libertarian politician ... Read more..

New Koobface Creates its Own Malicious Web Pages

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Over the past several months, we’ve seen Koobface steadily progress in its ability to infect systems with malware. In our latest tests, we’ve found that the most recent ... Read more..

Fakealerts Target Black Friday Online Shoppers

Friday, November 27th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Now that the turkey and pumpkin pie has settled, and everyone’s gotten a good night’s sleep, shoppers are busily hustling the Web for the best deals. I’ve been ... Read more..

Trojan Uses Commercial Firewall to Block AV Updates

Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Purveyors of rogue security products continue to bulk up their arsenal of stupid tricks, all of which are designed to induce either fear or frustration in victims. Increasingly, ... Read more..

Postmortem Michael Jackson Track Dredges Rogues

Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt As we’ve discussed so many times in the past, search terms that include the names of celebrities make good targets for malware authors, and search terms that include ... Read more..

No Search is Sacred: Fakealerts Flood the Net

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Search engines appear to be no longer in control of the search results they display at any given moment. That’s bad news not only for the search giants, ... Read more..

Roman Polanski Arrest Spawns Headline-Hooking Rogues

Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt and Brenden Vaughan As we’ve seen for the past several months, a celebrity ended up the top news story, which started a cascade of malware distributors racing to ... Read more..

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