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Scareware – a new gadget for pawning
Nov 19th
Security researchers have detected a massive blackhat SEO (search engine optimization) campaign consisting of over 200,000 compromised web sites, all redirecting to fake security software (Inst_58s6.exe), commonly referred to as scareware. More details on the campaign: The compromised sites are using legitimately looking templates using automatically generated bogus content, with a tiny css.js (Trojan-Downloader.JS.FraudLoad) uploaded
INSECURE Windows 7 is prone to Malware Attack
Nov 10th
A recently conducted test by malware researchers reveals that eight out of ten malware samples used in the test, successfully bypassed Windows 7’s default UAC (user access control) settings. The findings were also confirmed by a separate test done by another company, with an emphasis on how one of the most popular scareware variants bypassed
£850,000 a year, new technique – SCAREWARE
Nov 5th
Cybercriminals are earning as much as £858,000 a year out of scareware, said Symantec. Scareware, which is also known as fake antivirus, is a ploy by cybercriminals to get web users to download dodgy programs using realistic messages and pop-ups warning of fake malware infections. Web users are scared into purchasing the bogus security software