Phishing with a COVID-19 Lure
Luke Leal It’s not uncommon to see criminals use disasters or current events to enhance their social engineering tactics, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic is no different.…
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Phishing and Malware via SMS Text Message
Krasimir Konov We’ve recently noticed an increase in reports of phishing and malware being distributed via SMS text messages. During one investigation, we identified fake messages sent…
Google and Facebook Used in Phishing Campaigns
Fioravante Souza We’ve all seen sketchy looking emails or texts with malicious links to click on. There are still people who fall for these more obvious types…
An Old Trick with a New Twist: Cryptomining Through Disguised URL Shorteners
As we have previously discussed on this blog, surreptitious cryptomining continues to be a problem as new methods emerge to both evade and hasten the…
From Baidu to Google’s Open Redirects
Denis Sinegubko Last week, we described how an ongoing massive malware campaign began using Baidu search result links to redirect people to various ad and scam pages.…
Unwanted Ads via Baidu Links
The malware attack that began as an installation of malicious Injectbody/Injectscr WordPress plugins back in February has evolved since then. Some of the changes were…
When Your Plugins Turn Against You
Cesar Anjos Every day we face countless cases of sites getting compromised and infected by an attacker. From there, the sites can be used for various operations…
Website Malware: Unwanted Exit to YourBrexit
Some website hacks aim to make some political statements. Defacements are well known for this. Some infections redirect visitors to scam sites that push (usually…
How Scammers Abuse Baidu Search Results
If you use Skype, recently you may have received Baidu link spam from some of your contacts. The links look like this: www.baidu[.]com/link?url=_QIcrpeV-oOPb6HGTgigvW00e0fiBQyFjSui12FrARO#emubahyt= When you click…
Analyzing Black Hat URL Shorteners
Hackers are known to use URL shortening services to obfuscate their real landing pages. It’s very effective in clickbait scams on social networks. Some hackers…
How Social Media Blacklisting Happens
Val Vesa In today’s world, we are all browsing websites online and sharing content on a multitude of social media platforms every day. Worldwide social media users…