Adobe CS7 Searches Saturated With Dangerous Results
Looking to save a few bucks on software will almost always lead users down a dangerous path. Users either end up at “OEM Software” sites offering unlicensed and illegal software, or to ...
Widespread Compromise Impacts Thousands of Legitimate Websites
The eSoft Threat Prevention Team has detected a new widespread compromise, with tens of thousands of domains infected. Cybercriminals have used stolen credentials, placing specially crafted pages into legitimate websites that lead ...
Red Button SEO Poisoning and Malware Campaign
eSoft researchers have been tracking a new campaign by cybercrooks, compromising and creating websites for use in SEO poisoning and malware distribution. Thousands of these sites have been detected which use elaborate ...
Introduction to Rogue Anti-Virus
If you follow the Threat Center Blog, you’ve heard us talk about “Rogue AV,” but may not fully understand what we’re referencing. This post is for those users who are not already ...
New Email Phish Targets Twitter Users, Abuses Google Groups
A new twitter spam campaign is making rounds, infecting users with rogue anti-virus malware. The spam mail attempts to convince the user that someone was trying to steal their Twitter account information, ...
135,000 Fake YouTube Pages Delivering Malware
The eSoft Threat Prevention Team has uncovered thousands compromised web servers hosting fake YouTube pages. Attempting to play the video on these fake pages prompts the user to install a ‘media codec’ ...
Anatomy of a Modern Compromised Website
In the security community, little attention is paid to compromised websites that don't serve up malware. The malicious URL lists maintained by the anti-virus companies, by Google, and by nearly every other ...
Phishing Scams Lure Twitter Users
The newest phishing scam on Twitter has snared thousands of users hoping to increase their number of followers. Instead, users are sent off to a phishing page where cybercriminals steal their Twitter ...
Google Groups Latest Hot Spot for Rogue AV and Malware
eSoft researchers have been tracking a recent campaign abusing Google Groups to spread malicious links in Spam emails. Users following the link are infected with a Downloader Trojan, silently infecting the machine ...
Pharma-Fraud Continues to Dominate Spam
Have you taken a look inside your Spam folder recently? Without a doubt you’ll find the folder full of pharmacy Spam, pitching everything from Cialis and Viagra to Vicodin and Hydrocodone. The ...
