This blog was updated on January 14. See the end of the file. A new Java zero-day vulnerability is spreading malicious files to infect unprotected users. The threat is dangerous: Just browsing a malicious page or clicking a malicious link in spam is enough to cause an infection when combined with a vulnerable Java version. Read more…
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A new “ransomware” campaign uses a novel approach to extort money from Internet users. It locks your computer and displays a localized webpage that covers your desktop and demands the payment of a fine for the possession of banned material. The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware: <startup folder>\<random file name>.dll.lnk Read more…
Tags: malware, Ransom-AAY.gen.b, Ransomware, trojan
When McAfee Labs publishes its Threats Report each quarter, I tend to struggle with a combination of excitement and anxiety. I get excited to learn about the latest discoveries that plague cyberspace and anxious about whether the technology we continue to develop and hone can adequately protect our business customers. It’s critical information that we Read more…
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Writing Android malware can be a lucrative business for a criminal. One can create an SMS-sending Trojan horse or a botnet client and sit back to collect the money. It can also be a very brief business, leading one directly to jail. The crooks behind Android/OneClickFraud (malware that extorts users) and Android/DougaLeaker (malware that steals Read more…
Tags: adult entertainment, Android, arrests, dating site, law enforcement, mobile malware, Ransomware, trojan
The past month has seen two interesting developments related to scare- and ransomware. The first was a judgment of $163 million, at the request of the FTC, on the final defendant perpetrator of a massive scareware scheme that used Web ads and phony virus scans to trick users into purchasing phony antivirus software. The second Read more…
Tags: McAfee Labs, Q2 Threats Report, Ransomware, scareware
“Police ransomware” is big business, generating millions of euros for organized criminal groups. In May, at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, police officers from 14 EU member states affected by this threat met with representatives from Europol, Eurojust, Interpol, and industry. Police ransomware, as explained on the Europol website, typically appears as a pop-up window, Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, online payment, Police, Ransomware
McAfee’s latest Threats Report shows a 1.5 million increase in malware since last quarter. 2012 is in fact, far and away the busiest year ever for malware with an estimated total of 100 million malware samples worldwide by Q3 2012. With the malware growth rate up nearly 100,000 per day, McAfee has identified these key Read more…
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In a recent McAfee Labs blog, Global Threat Response Team Manager, Samantha Swift, discusses how the McAfee SECURE™ trustmark has been increasingly falsified on sites as part of a “ransomware” campaign. According to Swift, infected machines will notify users with a localized graphic containing a police logo that their machine has been “locked” and can Read more…
Tags: McAfee SECURE, Ransomware, trustmark
McAfee Labs researchers have seen an increase in instances of the McAfee SECURE logo being falsified as part of a “ransomware” campaign. Once a machine is infected, the malware checks to see which country the user is located in. It then displays a localized graphic containing a police logo and a message announcing that the Read more…
Tags: fake alert, fake-av, Ransomware, rogue security software
This past weekend, various postgraduate students in France ended their academic year by making final modifications in their theses. On Sunday, I assisted some of them. While browsing the Internet for some last-minute data, they suffered the fright of their lives: the sudden closing of their Microsoft Word software–without prompting to save their data–no more Read more…
Tags: fake alert, fake-av, Ransomware, rogue antivirus
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