Cybercriminals rip off Victoria’s Secret Valentine’s giftcard seekers

February 14, 2012

Thinking of going online to get a Victoria’s Secret giftcard for your Valentine? Be careful where you look! Some Google search results are rigged, especially image results. And some innocent-looking links are part of fraudulent activities such as cookie-stuffing and click-jacking. Below is a short video that shows what happens when you click on one … More Cybercriminals rip off Victoria’s Secret Valentine’s giftcard seekers

Monthly Threat Report: January 2012

February 8, 2012

The Top Ten Threats 1. HTML/ScrInject.B Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 4.98% Generic detection of HTML web pages containing script obfuscated or iframe tags that that automatically redirect to the malware download. 2. INF/Autorun Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 4.41% This detection label is used to describe a variety of malware using the file autorun.inf … More Monthly Threat Report: January 2012

Valentine’s Day Scams: For the love of money

February 8, 2012

Scam artists and cybercriminals are looking to turn romance into profit now that Valentine’s Day approaches, possibly taking over your computer in the process. According to ESET researchers in Latin America, we can expect the quest for love to be leveraged as an effective social engineering ploy to enable the bad guys to infect unsuspecting … More Valentine’s Day Scams: For the love of money

Focus on Child Safety on Safer Internet Day

February 7, 2012

February 7th is international Safer Internet Day and it focuses mainly on safe internet use among children and young people. Just very recently ESET Ireland has ordered a survey to show if children are supervised online. The results are shocking as they reveal that up to 73% of children are left entirely unsupervised online. We … More Focus on Child Safety on Safer Internet Day