Phishing Trojan Targets Russian Finance Websites

By Andrew Brandt For a long time, we’ve heard about phishing attacks originating in Russia or eastern Europe that target western banks. There’s nothing surprising there. Latter-day Willie Suttons typically target big US or European banks because, well, that’s where the money is. That’s why I was kind of surprised to stumble across a phishing Trojan [...]

Stepping up to the Loserbar

By Andrew Brandt Last year, we at Webroot (as well as many other people) saw a huge spike in two specific types of malware: Rogue antispyware products — the ineffective, deceptive kind — and the various tricks the companies that sell rogues use to trick you into downloading (and eventually buying) their bogus products, something [...]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 545 other followers