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Threat Intelligence

DarkGate reloaded via malvertising and SEO poisoning campaigns

August 23, 2023 - In July 2023, we observed a malvertising campaign that lured potential victims to a fraudulent site for a Windows IT management tool....

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Cybercrime | News

Red Hen website suffers SEO spam compromise

June 27, 2018 - If you’re thinking about checking out the website owned by the restaurant that asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders...

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Cybercrime | News

SEO poisoning: Is it worth it?

May 29, 2018 - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) poisoning basically comes down to getting your web page high in the rankings for relevant search results...

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Cybercrime | News

Google’s featured snippets abused by SEO scammers

August 1, 2016 - Many people wonder why websites, even very small ones such as personal blogs, ever get hacked. While there are many possible...

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News | Ransomware

Microsoft disables ms-appinstaller after malicious use

January 3, 2024 - Microsoft decided to disable App Installer links by default after it noticed several access brokers using the handler to spread malware.

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EXPLOIT KITS

Sweet Orange

Short bio Sweet Orange is a type of exploit kit, or in other words, malicious code found on compromised websites with the...

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MALWARE

Rogue scanners

Short bio Rogue scanners, also known as fake scanners, fake AV, or rogueware, are pieces of code injected into legitimate sites...

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News | Ransomware

Europol lifts the lid on cybercrime tactics

September 15, 2023 - The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), has published a report that examines developments in cyberattacks, discussing new methodologies and...

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PUPs

Ad fraud

Short bio Advertising (ad) fraud, also called click fraud or click spam, is a practice by bad actors, specifically dubious advertising networks,...

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Business | News

Microsoft Teams used to deliver DarkGate Loader malware

September 12, 2023 - Researchers have found a new method by which cybercriminals are spreading the DarkGate Loader malware. Until now, DarkGate was typically distributed...

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