Black(hat) Friday
If you plan on shopping online for "Black Friday", or "Cyber Monday", you might be in for more than you bargained for.? Cyber criminals behind the Rogueware epidemic have their blackhat SEO campaigns optimized to take advantage of deal seekers looking for advertisements online.? One misstep and you just might find yourself staring at a [...]
Rogue Antivirus Optimized for Windows 7
I came across an interesting Rogueware campaign whileresearching the ongoing Black(hat) Friday SEO campaign. Unlike the typical Roguewareattack, the cyber criminals behind this one have already optimized the campaignto take advantage of users of the brand new Microsoft Windows 7 operatingsystem by emulating its look and feel. As you can see from the screenshot above, [...]
Fake antivirus malware gets hoax Microsoft endorsement (MalaysiaNews.net)
A new scareware package tries to sell bogus antivirus software to its victims using an apparent endorsement of the software by Microsoft. A variant of the infection that urges users to buy DefenceLab…source
Microsoft removes 1m fake antivirus apps (PC Advisor)
Windows update kills dodgy security software Microsoft claims to have removed fake security software from nearly a million PCs during nine days this month, following the release of an anti-malware tool delivered as part of November’s round of Patch Tuesday updates.source
Microsoft Debuts Free Antivirus Software Beta (Washington Post)
Microsoft on Tuesday released a beta version of its new free anti-virus offering, Microsoft Security Essentials (a.k.a “Morro”). My review, in short: the program is a fast, easy to use and unobtrusive new addition to the stable of free anti-virus options available today. MSE is basically the next generation of Microsoft’s Windows Live Onecare anti-virus [...]