Fake Cloud AV 2012
There is a new friend in the village. Many people thought that the fake antivirus (aka rogueware) business had decreased, and it was true that for a few months rogueware infections were not that prevalent, mainly due to the efforts made by law enforcement with the help of security companies, but it was a matter [...]
Greetings from Barcelona
This week I am in Barcelona, where the Virus Bulletin conference is taking place. I will be attending some preVB meetings, such as the AVPD (AntiVirus Product Developers) hosted by ICSA Labs and the WildList meeting, where we’ll talk about some future plans. All the meetings and the conference itself will take place at the [...]
Open Cloud Antivirus
Right after we started Panda’s CI (collective intelligence) project few years back. We decided to provide a community based antivirus program called Panda CloudAntivirus. When all the good guys trying to improve and to keep the community safe. We notice the bad guys are trying to take the opportunity to “sell” their fake antivirus. Earlier [...]
Open Cloud Antivirus
Right after we started Panda’s CI (collective intelligence) project few years back. We decided to provide a community based antivirus program called Panda CloudAntivirus. When all the good guys trying to improve and to keep the community safe. We notice the bad guys are trying to take the opportunity to “sell” their fake antivirus. Earlier [...]
Twitter used for Rogueware Distribution
Cyber criminals are using social media more frequently to distribute their malicious creations. Pft! As if Blackhat SEO, fake advertisements, and hacked websites weren’t enough?! Today we’ll take a look at a Rogueware campaign using Twitter for distribution. Several fake profiles (and compromised ones too) started tweeting “a very good antivirus” followed by a shortened [...]