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 [...]
New trick from cybercriminals
Due to the artistic nature of cybercriminals, they never run out of ideas. After using social media, popping up fake-av, hacking into websites… what’s more? We’ve discovered a rogueware campaign using “useable apps” to distribute rogueware. When the victim runs the binary, this rogueware will run and pop up “Installing Flash FLV Player”: Right after [...]
iTunes Store Spam Campaign
Right after LinkedIn Spam Campaign, we saw a brand new Spam Campaign impersonating iTunes Store The e-mail appears to arrive from on behalf of iTunes Store and is an exact copy of the official iTunes Store Receipt e-mail. From the email header, From: iTunes Store Subject: Your receipt #155562898256 Date: October 1, 2010 11:01:10 PM [...]
We are good at finding names
We have received this file today. Rogue creators are spending less time creating interface and spending more time to find a new name. Malware name: Adware/MySecurityShield VirusTotal File name: 622ed7d54cbeb06ef977ee111e2b97ddf3f78dd5 Submission date: 2010-09-02 16:09:43 (UTC) Result: 24/ 43 (55.8%) Domain List report.countdom.net update1.best-pc-guardever.com update2.safe-your-pcnow.net Domain Owner Registrant Contact: UIS Garritt Kooken gkook@checkjemail.nl +86.592257788 fax: +86.592257788 [...]
Follow-up on rogueware
This is nothing new, but to make a quick follow up on Olaiz’s previous post, I’m a bit ByteDefender. I am always impressed with the way these cybercrooks create a name for their rogueware. Let’s take a look at some of the samples captured and published o autovin website. Name: MalwareCatcher First Seen: Fri Mar [...]
