Author Archives: Lisa Bongiovanni

An Evolution of Android Malware “My How You’ve Grown PJAPPS!” (Part 1)

February 17, 2012 – 3:44 pm

By Nathan Collier We’ve all seen software grow.  We watch as our favorite software adds on new features and becomes better at what it does.  Malware writers are no different, they want their software to have more features as well as steal even more information. PJApps is a good example of this. PJApps is a [...]

Posted in Android, Backdoors, Deep Knowledge, malware, Mobile security, Trojans | Comments (1)

“Android Malware” – Thre@t Reply(video)

December 12, 2011 – 1:30 pm

By Armando Orozco Are Android phones susceptible to Trojans and other viruses just like computer? How can you make sure your phone doesn’t become infected and if it does, what can you do? Webroot mobile threat research analyst, Armando Orozco answers this question that was asked to our Webroot Threat Research team via Twitter.

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Top 7 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2012

November 17, 2011 – 3:00 am

By Mel Morris From Stuxnet to Sony, a number of cyberattacks emerged in 2011 that experts have predicted for quite some time. I predict 2012 will be even more pivotal, thrusting cybersecurity into the spotlight. These are my top seven forecasts for the year ahead: 1) Targeted, zero-day attacks will be the norm. Looking back [...]

Posted in Deep Knowledge, Internet security industry, Mobile security, Threat Research | Comments (5)

This blackhole exploit kit gives you Windows Media Player and a whole lot more

November 11, 2011 – 10:11 am

By Mike Johnson As a follow-up to the Blackhole Exploit posting, I thought I would share one aspect of my job that I truely enjoy: Discovery. While investigating some active urls being served up via a blackhole kit, I noticed something quite odd, as I would end up on sites that had malicious code injected into their webpages. Once [...]

Posted in Destructive behavior, Exploits, Internet Explorer, malware, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Comments (4)

Outdated Operating System? This BlackHole Exploit Kit has you in its sights

October 31, 2011 – 11:50 am

By Mike Johnson Several weeks back, I was presented with a group of snapshots from an active BlackHole Exploit Kit 1.2 Control Panel. As with other toolkits I’ve seen in the wild, this one has all the makings of some real bad medicine. The authors have yet again gone to the trouble of making this toolkit incredibly easy [...]

Posted in Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, rootkit, Search engines, Trojans, Uncategorized | Comments (4)

A look inside the SpyEye Trojan admin console

October 24, 2011 – 1:38 pm

By Michael Johnson At Webroot we’ve been researching and chronicling developments with SpyEye since we first saw it in April 2010. This nasty Trojan is the successor to the Zeus Trojan, and it became essentially the main rootkit available for sale after the author of ZeuS left the underground market and sold ZeuS sources to [...]

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Non-executable malicious files and code – Thre@t Reply

October 7, 2011 – 9:36 am

By Nathan Collier .exe, PHP, HTML, and the list goes on. How many different kinds of files and code can potentially infect your PC? Webroot threat research analyst Nathan Collier explains a few of the the types of potentially dangerous files, other than the common executable (.exe) that can be found on a Windows PC [...]

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HTC acknowledges security flaw, plans update to fix

October 5, 2011 – 1:10 pm

By Armando Orozco A couple of days ago researchers for Android Police wrote about a security vulnerability in several HTC phones. The vulnerability lies with logging tools installed by HTC. These logging tools collect personal data like user accounts, email addresses, GPS info and SMS data. Having these tools logging users data is one thing [...]

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Thre@t Reply: “Online Shopping” | Part 2 of 2

May 9, 2011 – 9:06 am

In the second of a two-part series with Threat Research Analyst Grayson Milbourne, we answer a question about how to stay safe when shopping online. In the previous video, Grayson discussed how to identify a phishing page. In this episode, he continues his discussion by explaining how to tell whether the site you’re trying to purchase [...]

Posted in Online shopping threats, phishing, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Thre@t Reply: “Online Shopping” | Part 1 of 2

May 2, 2011 – 1:33 pm

In the latest Thre@t Reply video, Threat Research Analyst Grayson Milbourne answers a reader’s question about how to avoid being phished. The first step is to be able to identify whether you’re on the legitimate Web site you think you are, and if you’re not, what are the telltale signs that indicate you may be [...]

Posted in Online shopping threats, phishing, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Comments (3)
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