Google’s Chrome patches 12 ‘high risk’ security vulnerabilities

by Blog Staff | Apr 6, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Yesterday, Google updated its Chrome browser to 18.0.1025.151 on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.

Next to patching multiple usability bugs, the latest update has also patched numerous vulnerabilities reported through  Google’s security bugs bounty program.

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New underground service offers access to hundreds of hacked PCs

by Blog Staff | Apr 5, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Want to buy anonymous access to hacked PCs, spam-free SMTP servers (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), or compromised bank accounts?

A newly launched underground Web service, is currently offering access to hundreds of hacked PCs, SMTP servers, and hacked bank accounts.

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Spamvertised ‘US Airways’ themed emails serving client-side exploits and malware

by Blog Staff | Apr 3, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising yet another social-engineering driven malicious email campaign, this time impersonating U.S Airways.

Upon clicking on the malicious links found in the emails, end and corporate users are exposed to client-side exploits courtesy of the BlackHole web malware exploitation kit.

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Email hacking for hire going mainstream – part two

by Blog Staff | Apr 2, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Remember the email hacking for hire service which Webroot extensively profiled in this post “Email hacking for hire going mainstream“?

Recently, I stumbled upon another such service, advertised at cybercrime-friendly web forums, offering potential customers the opportunity to hack a particular Mail.ru and Gmail.com email address, using a variety of techniques, such as brute-forcing, phishing, XSS vulnerabilities and social engineering.

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Spamvertised ‘Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet’ emails lead to client-side exploits and malware

by Blog Staff | Mar 31, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Security researchers from Webroot have intercepted a currently spamvertised malicious campaign, impersonating Hewlett Packard, and enticing end and corporate users into downloading and viewing a malicious .htm attachment.

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Spamvertised Verizon-themed ‘Your Bill Is Now Available’ emails lead to ZeuS crimeware

by Blog Staff | Mar 29, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Cybercriminals newest spamvertised malware campaign is brand-jacking Verizon Wireless in an attempt to trick end users into clicking on the malicious links embedded in the email.

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Tens of thousands of web sites affected in ongoing mass SQL injection attack

by Blog Staff | Mar 26, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Hundreds of thousands of legitimate web sites are currently affected in a a mass SQL injection attack that has been ongoing for the past several months. The ongoing mass SQL injection attacks, are directly related to last year’s scareware-serving Lizamoon mass SQL injection attacks.

The cybercriminals behind it, are automatically exploiting the legitimate web sites, and embedding a tiny script on the affected pages, abusing an input validation flaw, or exploiting vulnerable and outdated versions of the web application software running on them.

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Spamvertised LinkedIn notifications serving client-side exploits and malware

by Blog Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising LinkedIn themed messages, in an attempt to trick end and corporate users into clicking on the malicious links embedded in the emails.

The campaign is using real names of LinkedIn users in an attempt to increase the authenticity of the spamvertised campaign.

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Malicious USPS-themed emails circulating in the wild

by Blog Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Industry Intel, Threat Lab

Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising malicious USPS-themed emails, that entice end and corporate users into clicking on malicious links found in the emails.

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