By Dancho Danchev
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising millions of emails impersonating Google’s YouTube team, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into executing the malicious attachment found in the email. Upon execution, the samples opens a backdoor on the affected host, allowing full access to the targeted host by the cybercriminals behind the campaign.
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By Dancho Danchev
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising a Google-themed email campaign that’s enticing home and corporate PC users into clicking on bogus link leading to pharmaceutical scams.
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By Dancho Danchev
Who needs automated bots solving CAPTCHAs, when you have teams of low-waged humans recognizing them for pennies?
In an underground cybercrime ecosystem dominated by managed services and countless outsourcing opportunities, it’s fairly logical to assume that Google’s reCAPTCHA is under constant fire.
Just how easy is it to recognize reCAPTCHA images for malicious account registration and service abuse purposes? Let’s find out.
by Dancho Danchev
Google Inc. recently announced a new security feature in its Chrome browser.
The feature will alert Chrome users every time they’re about to download a potentially malicious executable file.
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