How phishers launch phishing attacks

January 23, 2012 – 7:27 pm

By Dancho Danchev Just like in every other industry, participants in the cybercrime ecosystem are no strangers to the concept of standardization. Standardization results in efficiencies, which on the other hand results in economies of scale. In this case, malicious economies of scale. Just how easy is it to launch a phishing attack nowadays? What tools, [...]

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Brazilian “Winehouse” Trojan Sends Hotmail, Bank Passwords to China

July 29, 2011 – 11:18 am

By Andrew Brandt Late Monday, after news about the death of troubled pop singer Amy Winehouse had been circling the globe for a little more than 48 hours, we saw the first malware appear that used the singer’s name as a social engineering trick to entice victims to run the malicious file. Abusing celebrity names, [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Botnet activity, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Phishers Cast Their Nets in the Social Media Pool

June 21, 2011 – 8:23 am

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director It can seem at times that the only people who like change are Internet attackers. And they don’t just like it—they need it. Technology’s rapid changes give cybercriminals new attack vectors to exploit, and new ways to turn a profit out of someone else’s misfortune. Take phishing, for example. [...]

By imoyse | Posted in Botnet activity, hijack search results, Keyloggers, phishing, Search engines, social engineering, social networks, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Trojans, Website owners | Tags: , , , , | Comments (2)

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 [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Online shopping threats, phishing, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | Comments (1)

Webroot Answers Your Security Questions

April 5, 2011 – 9:05 am

By Andrew Brandt I’m very pleased to present today the first in a series of videos we’ve produced. The videos have the lofty goal of addressing the most pressing questions relating to malware, cybercrime, and online fraud. We’ll take you behind the scenes at Webroot and introduce you to some of our Threat Research team [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Destructive behavior, Passwords, phishing, social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Fishing for Phishers is a Full-Time Job

February 23, 2011 – 12:30 pm

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director We seem to take phishing attacks for granted these days, in much the same way that we’ve accepted spam as a natural, and inevitable, by-product of email. Some experts believe that one of the best solutions to thwart phishing attacks is end-user training, but I doubt training alone can [...]

By imoyse | Posted in Gaming threats, Online shopping threats, Passwords, phishing, social engineering, spam | Tags: , , , | Comments (1)

Tips to Avoid Tax Season Scams

January 28, 2011 – 7:01 am

By Jeff Horne, Director, Threat Research As tax season rolls around again in the US and UK, it seems like a good time to revisit the perils taxpayers face seemingly every year at around this time. Phishing attacks against taxpayers are already in full swing — not that they haven’t been going continuously since last [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in hijack search results, Internet Explorer, Passwords, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

WoW Expansion Beta Likely to Spawn Phishers, Scams

June 30, 2010 – 4:04 pm

By Andrew Brandt Blizzard’s announcement today that they will begin a closed beta-test for the latest expansion pack is likely to generate a lot of excitement among that particularly low breed of online criminals who steal the fruits of other people’s entertainment when they commandeer passwords for other players. While it’s hard to believe that [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Firefox, Gaming threats, Passwords, PC gaming, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments (7)

Phisher Puts Antiphishing Tool in the Crosshairs

June 3, 2010 – 8:58 am

By Andrew Brandt A small-time Trojan has decided to butt heads with a big-time anti-phishing tool, and ended up with dirt on its face. The malware looks like a fairly generic clone of Trojan-Phisher-SABanks, with an extra feature that sounds like it might be a good selling point for cheap cybercrooks intent on stealing a [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Keyloggers, phishing, Phishing Trojans, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

8 Tips for Filing Taxes Online Safely

April 6, 2010 – 9:22 am

By Mike Kronenberg Getting ready to file your taxes online — and doing it at the last minute? Well, cyber-scammers are ready for you. Thieves are schemers, and they’ve got a bag full of tricks to steal your identity. You might even be doing things to make their job easier. And if you use a [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Keyloggers, Passwords, phishing, Phishing Trojans, social engineering | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)
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