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Fake Windows XP Activation Trojan Wants Your CVV2 Code

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2008-10-06 19:01:01 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake Windows XP activation builder, which despite the fact that it claims " We will ask for your billing details, but your credit card will NOT be charged ", is requesting and remotely uploading all the credit card details required for a successfully credit card theft Perhaps among the main reasons why such simplistic social engineering...
 
Tags: credit card details, credit card, credit card theft, details, malware, malware author, social, mega virus cleaner, creative
 
 
 
 
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A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Seven

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2008-09-30 16:35:15 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake software, are somewhere in between the food chain of this ecosystem, with the real vendors paying out the commissions on a per installation basis slowly starting to issue invitation codes that they've distributed only across invite-only forums/sections of particular forums Behind these brands is everyone that is participating in the...
 
Tags: software, fake security software, vendor branch software, vendor, diverse portfolio, fake porn sites, software bundles, branch software, norton antivirus
 
 
 
 
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A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Six

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2008-09-24 18:29:31 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake security software domains popping up at the end of fake adult content sites anti-spyware8 .com anti-spyware4 .com anti-spyware11 .com anti-spyware10 .com antivirus-cs1 .com antivirus-cs14 .com antivirus-cs4 .com antivirus-cs15 .com antivirus-cs5 .com antivirus-cs7 .com antivirus-cs8 .com antivirus-cs9 .com trustedpaymenssite .com...
 
Tags: fake security software, diverse portfolio, fake porn sites, malicious isps, affiliation based revenue, malware, viacodecright2, lazy summer days, traffic management kits
 
 
 
 
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Fake Porn Sites Serving Malware - Part Two

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2008-07-08 03:24:00 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake porn sites. And since some of the fake sites are actual redirectors, periodically revisting them leads to more fake codecs and even more actionable intelligence into the nature of their practices, and which are the ISPs proving them with hosting services for several consecutive years The main redirector in this campaign...
 
Tags: net, malware, porn-party, porn-contact, fake porn sites, porn-play, porn-plus, porndrive, pornhelp
 
 
 
 
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A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Four

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2008-08-25 05:58:02 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake security software and rogue codecs serving domains, the very same templates, but with different domain names, continue appearing in blackhat SEO, spam, and malicious doorways redirection campaigns Moreover, with the "time-to-market" of a fake security software decreasing due to the efficiency approach introduced in the form of tips for...
 
Tags: fake security software, traffic, drive traffic, diverse portfolio, traffic acquisition tactics, malicious, malicious isps, due, traffic due
 
 
 
 
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A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Five

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2008-09-02 05:04:58 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake security software propositions are not just starting to take park them at up to three different locations, localize the sites to different languages and introduce client-side exploits , just in case the end user gets suspicious and doesn't install it, but also, the natural evasive practices. For instance, once some of their domains get...
 
Tags: fake security software, net, diverse portfolio, introduce client-side exploits, malicious isps, exploits, sql injection attack, lazy summer days, domains
 
 
 
 
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Impersonating StopBadware.org to Serve Fake Security Warnings

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2008-07-21 03:30:51 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake security warnings that ultimately lead to fake security software stopbadware2008 .com (58.65.238.171) is one of these examples, where stopbadware2008 .com/antivirus.php redirects to infectionscanner .com and attempts to trick the user into installing download.infectionscanner.com /AntvrsInstall.exe . The message used Reported Insecure...
 
Tags: fake security, fake security software, insecure internet activity, internet activity, insecure internet, insecure, lead, fake video codecs, portfolio
 
 
 
 
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Fake Porn Sites Serving Malware

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2008-06-25 12:16:20 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake porn sites, consisting of over twenty different domains serving the usual Zlob malware variants, we have a decent abuse of a template for a porn site The easy of management of such domain farms and the availability of templates for high trafficked topic segments such as celebrities and pornography, continue contributing to the...
 
Tags: net, fake porn sites, malware, about-adult, scan-porn, zlob malware variant, name-adult, useporn, porn-the
 
 
 
 
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Compromised Web Servers Serving Fake Flash Players

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2008-08-05 14:50:04 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...fake flash players is getting so prevalent these days due to the multiple spamming approaches used, that it's hard not to notice it - and expose it. From a strategic perspective, having a legitimate low-profile site -- of course with the obvious exceptions being on purposely registered for malicious purposes within the participating sites --...
 
Tags: file, html file, html, comtopnews, detopnews, windows media player, player, web, real player exploit