Archive for the ‘Dancho Danchev’ Category
Malware Watch: Fake Patch Tuesday emails, fake MSRT tool, spamvertised Bredolab, Android mobile malware
Friday, August 13, 2010 12:13 Comments OffThis week’s Malware Watch features three currently active malware campaigns – fake Patch Tuesday emails, BREDOLAB-malware serving emails, fake MSRT tool, and the the first (reported) SMS-trojan…
Popular brands impersonated in latest malware campaign
Monday, August 9, 2010 11:59 Comments OffMultiple vendors are reporting on a currently ongoing scareware and client-side exploits serving, spam campaign, impersonating Best Buy, Chase, Macy’s, Target.com and Evite.
Google tops comparative review of malicious search results
Friday, July 30, 2010 11:35 Comments OffA two-month study by Barracuda Labs, reviewing more than 25,000 trending topics and 5.5 million search results, names Google as the most popular search engine used by malicious attackers relying…
Image Gallery: The (European) Antivirus market – current trends
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:42 Comments OffThis gallery offers insights into the consumer security industry, the Freemium business model, details some of the current trends within the antivirus industry, and explains the Avast! Antivirus…
Image Gallery: Introduction to Avast! Antivirus version 5.1
Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:47 Comments OffWith Avast! Antivirus 5.1 scheduled for release in Q4, 2010, the following slides offer a perspective into some of the new features, and improvements to be introduced in version 5.1.
Image Gallery: Avast! Antivirus office in Prague, Czech Republic
Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:11 Comments OffWith over 100 million users internationally, Avast! Antivirus reliance on the Freemium business model, has offered the company an unprecedented opportunity for a cost-effective worldwide market…
RSA: Banking trojan uses social network as command and control server
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:22 Comments OffRSA’s FraudAction Research Lab is reporting that a crimeware targeting Brazilian banks, is using a popular social network as a command and control server. This isn’t the first time that…
Malware Watch: Malicious Amazon themed emails in the wild
Friday, July 16, 2010 12:11 Comments OffA currently spamvertised malware campaign is brand-jacking Amazon.com, in an attempt to trick end users into visiting a client-side exploits serving URL.
Report: Apple had the most vulnerabilities throughout 2005-2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:35 Comments OffWhich vendor has the most reported security vulnerabilities? According to Secunia’s recently released report, between 2005 and 2010 that’s Apple Inc. followed by Oracle and Microsoft. Does this…
Image Gallery: June’s cyber threat landscape
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 5:18 Comments OffJune’s cyber threat landscape gallery, features images from the malware, spam, phishing and crimeware campaigns that took place during the month. See also: Image Gallery: April’s cyber threat…



