Insights on Data Security & Threat Intelligence
In March 2013, pump and dump spam struck back with a force not seen since 2008. It attempts to lure email recipients into buying cheap stock with a low trading volume which the spammers previously bought at a low price. Once enough users have bought shares and the stock price
Livingsocial.com, the daily deals site was hacked last week, with details for over 50 Million accounts, including Customer Names, Emails, Birthdates and Encrypted Passwords being stolen. This event comes at a difficult time for the company, as they attempt a corporate comeback having recently received an infusion of cash from
Last week I received an email from Rina Patel (although her email address implies “Daniel†as first name), subject: “Kindly Assistâ€. Rina is from Japan (although her/ Daniel’s email address is from Uruguay) and was married to an English man from the UK, called “Late Sir Patelâ€. Sir Patel “was
Malware distributors are turning to recent events to get recipients to follow links to infected websites. The recent “Pope-themed†malware attack is one such example. The attacks at the Boston Marathon and the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant have been quickly exploited with large quantities of emails sent out
I received the email below from a friend whose Gmail account had clearly been compromised (followed by an apology email from the same friend). The email includes a link to sign into Google docs to view a “very important” document. Clicking on the link leads to a somewhat convincing
The continuing spread of botnets poses a new challenge for online and mobile application designers. Malware-infected machines often have code installed to log keystrokes, steal information, or even initiate background actions without the user’s knowledge. As designers, how do you ensure that the user really is who they say they
The surest way to know that an attack method is working for a malware gang is seeing the method repeated over a period of several months. In Commtouch’s October Trend Report we described an attack targeting Android users. Last week saw a repeat of the attack with a few refinements.
It’s tough being a malware distributor – you can’t exactly go around asking people to install your malware – you need to be creative. So a global newsstory such as the election of Pope Francis is too good an opportunity to pass up. The attack, launched a few days after
Earlier in my career I spent several years working in the physical security sector, working on advanced detection technologies. Since I joined Commtouch, I have been surprised by how many parallels there are between the physical and logical security sectors. Both are founded on ’hardening’ your perimeter to ensure that
