Jackson/Fawcett Malware is Extortion-ware

By Andrew Brandt As I reported yesterday, searches for information about the deaths of Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett were turning up links to malware. This came as no surprise to anyone, though the speed with which the links spread was astonishing: Within minutes of the first confirmation that Jackson had succumbed to a heart [...]

Our Cup Runneth Over with Farrah Fawcett Files and Michael Jackson Malware

By Andrew Brandt With the sad news circulating the globe that 70s sex symbol, TV pitchwoman, and former Charlie’s Angel Farrah Fawcett passed away this morning, it didn’t take long for the malware vultures to execute their attack. Beginning in the afternoon, our Proactive Research team began finding tons of pages that purportedly offered a [...]

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