The lure of salacious videos is often used to trick people into downloading and running malware. As you will see in…
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Sub-domain on SourceForge redirects to Flash Pack Exploit Kit
We have talked about SourceForge before on this blog, in particular when they were associated with bundled software. This time around,…
SocialBlade.com compromised, starts redirection chain to Nuclear Pack exploit kit
Update (07/29/2014): Following our notification, the developers in charge of SocialBlade.com have investigated and identified the source of the compromise. The…
AskMen.com compromised again
Last month, security firm Websense reported that popular website AskMen.com was compromised to serve malicious code. Today, our honeypot captured an attack…
A look at a double-dipping advertising network
Online advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry that has evolved over time in how it reaches consumers. Generic pop-ups have largely…
Don’t Shake the Valve
Here’s a curious one – a game developer working for SCS Software found an issue on Valve Corporation’s Steam Community Announcements, which he claims…
Email-borne exploits: the not-so innocuous killers targeting small business
Update (05/21/2014): As previously suspected, other reports also support that CVE-2013-2729 is being used in malicious PDFs). Email remains a widely used infection…
A Penguin in XP’s Clothing
With the retirement of support for Windows XP, a large number of users are left in the position to either upgrade…
Popular adult site beeg[dot]com pushes malware
Update (03/21/2014): We received an email from beeg[dot]com’s owner: Subject: We need you urgent attention. Your last blog post hey guys, we…
CanSecWest day 3 Recap
This was the third and final day of the CanSecWest conference. To keep with our weather theme, yes, it did finally…