Is the DDoS cyber attack organized by Anonymous ongoing?
As far as we know, it is. ‘Anonymous’ users, both those behind the original cyber protest and those who have joined the cause later, continue to encourage users in the attack against SGAE, Promusicae and the Spanish Ministry of Culture. In addition to communicating through the chatroom itself, they have been posting comments on portals [...]
The ‘Anonymous’ cyber-protest group calls for an attack on Spain’s copyright society (SGAE) tonight
According to Tieve.tk, the ‘Anonymous’ cyber-activist group, has called on its community to launch a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) at midnight (00:00h CET) October 7 against the Spanish copyright protection society (SGAE). This group, in an initiative called “Operation Payback”, has been launching denial of service attacks against various targets in recent weeks [...]
PandaLabs Quarterly Report (July-September 2010)
We have just published the latest PandaLabs Quarterly Report, which covers the main topics related to computer security that have happened between July and September 2010. Enjoy, and any questions / suggestion you have, feel free to use the comments.
LinkedIn Spam Campaign
We’ve noticed a significant increase in realistic looking LinkedIn reminder spam e-mails over the past week. The e-mail appears to arrive from messages-noreply@bounce.linkedin.com on behalf of LinkedIn communication [communication@linkedin.com] and is an exact copy of the official LinkedIn reminder e-mail. Hovering over the link show us that the spam e-mail is attempting to direct us [...]
Facebook clickjackers target victims using McDonald’s as bait
Would you click on the link below? If so, you would quickly find yourself becoming the latest victim in a recent string of Facebook Clickjacking attacks. The HappyMeals and other Clickjacking attacks work by enticing victims with catchy one liners, such as “OMG! I cant BELIEVE a WOMAN found THIS in her McDonalds Nuggets! WTFF!! [...]
Blackhat SEO Attack Targeting Halloween and Thanksgiving
It’s not uncommon for us to see cyber criminals targeting current events or upcoming holidays, but this time we came across a campaign that is several months ahead of schedule. An ongoing Blackhat SEO campaign is heavily targeting Halloween and Thanksgiving related keywords. The Top 5 targeted keywords: 1. Printable (cards) 2. Halloween 3. Thanksgiving [...]
Clickjacking Attack Targeting Shark Week
If you haven’t heard already, it’s Shark Week on the Discovery Network. Around the clock radio and TV advertisements have fueled massive social network buzz on the Internet and Shark Week remains in the top 3 trending topics on Twitter at the time of writing this post CPA (cost-per-action) affiliates who have been running clickjacking [...]
Back from Vegas
We’re back from a week’s worth of Blackhat, Defcon, and Security B-sides action in Las Vegas, Nevada! During our week long trip we had the unique pleasure of sponsoring and speaking at our 3rd Security B-Sides since the start of the B-sides format last year. Our talk, entitled “Catch that Butterfly,” focused on the Mariposa [...]
Fernanda Romero arrest leads to distribution of rogueware
Fernanda Romero, a Mexican actress, was arrested this week for marriage fraud amid allegations. She paid an American man to help her become a U.S. citizen. Whether this is true or not, the bad guys have taken advantage of this and started spreading the rogueware SecurityMasterAV . Some of the keywords that can lead you [...]
Gossip Computer Crimes
Yesterday we heard about some news regarding the arrest of a group of hackers accused of having launched attacks against several websites: those belonging to PSOE and PP (the main political parties in Spain), and surprisingly the website of Sálvame, a gossip show of a Spanish TV channel. The group, known as K0 team, had [...]
