This last weekend I was perusing the Blogspot domain for fake\rogue pages which re-direct users to fake scans to get malware installed. Or to try and goad users into purchasing fake security software, which in and of itself is also malware.
As I was tracking the sites, which btw is easy as pie if you know what to look for, I noticed a new trick they use. Instead of either having a pop up box which just slides down the page as you scroll or have you click a link to generate a pop up, they have the page load and if you click anywhere on the page, a new instance of IE starts up, at a fake scan page. No matter where on the page you place your mouse, if you click, that's what happens.
I'm having a look at how this is done and will provide more on that as I get the info.
I'm not coder by any strecth, so I need to talkk to someone who is.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
New Template= Zero Hits...WTF??
Ever since I changed the temlate on this blog, as of Oct 21, give or take, this blogs hits have tanked literally to zero, according to Google Analytics.
Yet, my referrer logs indicate blogspot domain links as the most linked from by far, which it has always been. How is this possible?
Maybe something I need to change in settings for analytics? Somethings out of friggin wahack here for sure.
Yet, my referrer logs indicate blogspot domain links as the most linked from by far, which it has always been. How is this possible?
Maybe something I need to change in settings for analytics? Somethings out of friggin wahack here for sure.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Latest News & Info From The Forums-Nov 20
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- New Vulnerability Found In Vista
- Rogue Banner Ads On hotmail & SkyDrive
- Fake Activation\Unsubscribe Sites
- New Web Exploitation Kit
- Slingshot Phish & Worm Laden PayPal Email
- Teen Hacker Admits 3 Year Spree
- Teens Learn Technical, Social Skillz Online
- IE 8 Update Plans
- PC Magazine Going All Digital
- Get Ready For Black Friday
- Poll: You Spend 14 Hours Online Weekly
- Cyber Scumbags DDoS Anti-Fraud Site
- Spam Drop Could Boost Trojan Installs
- Cybercrime May Spike Cyber Monday
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Latest News & Info From The Forums-Oct 31
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- World Bank Woes Spur Spam
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- 'Scareware' Just Another Intruder
- Estdomains Termination Process Stayed
- How To Combat A Botnet Army
- Completetala Infections
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- Ed Bott: Windows & Answers
- 24: Season 7 Trailer Online
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- Better Business Bureau Spam
- Portfolio Of Rogues-Pt 10
- Botnet Experts Meet To Access Threats
- Flash Updating Won't Fix Clickjacking
- Keylogging Hardwired Keyboards w\Antennae
- F-Secure: Call For 'Internetpol'
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- temerc.com Makes Malware Authors List!
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Latest News & Info From The Forums-Oct 17
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- Internet-Scale Man-In-The-Middle Attack
- Atrivo Shutdown Hastened Storm Demise
- Blogspot Malware Sites Closed
- BitDefender Top 10-Sept
- Directi: Still Harboring Malware Sites
- 3Xs Rogue Banner Ads
- Security Update: Flash Player
- Warezov Botnet Back In Action
- Guilty Plea In FTC Shuttered Spam Case
- Cyber Threats Grow In Complexity
- More Blogspot Malware
- VirusList: Sept Malware
- Malware Authors Develop VPN Network
- FTC Shuts Massive Spam Ring
- MSN Messenger Spam Run
- Tools Of Malware Trade: Quality Assurance
- New Laws To Track Predators Online
- ZoneAlarm\Windows Update Problems, Again
- MSN Ditching MSN Groups?
- Windows 7 Name Piques Interest On 'Why'?
- Vista SP 2 Coming Before Windows 7
- Internet Use 'Good For The Brain
- It's Official: Next Windows OS-Windows 7
- Use GMail To Fight Spam
- Directi Phish Site Up
- Notorious Crime forum Shuts Down
- Malware Researchers Against Authors
- Airline Scam Emails
- Storm Worm: Mobile Game?
- Top Celebs Used In Malware
- Estdomain Phish Attacks Coming?
- 'Clickjacking' Threat Disclosure Deferred
- Viruslist Malware Miscellany-Aug
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Busy Rogue Week
This last week has been one of the busiest for new rogues and new variants of existing rogues.
The IEDefender, Files Secure, Malware Bell, IE Antivirus, Total Secure 2000 family has been updated 5 times!
New rogues or just clones of another:- XP Protector 2009-Antivirus XP 2008 clone
- Antispyware PRO XP
- MS Antivirus-new variant
- XP Antivirus transofrms to MS Antivirus then to Micro Antivirus
- Advanced Antivirus-related to Vista Antivirus 2008, Antispyware 2008 XP, System Antivirus 2008, Internet Antivirus, Smart Antivirus 2009
- Power Antivirus-family from Vista Antivirus 2008, Antispyware 2008 XP, System Antivirus 2008, Internet Antivirus, Smart Antivirus 2009, MS Antivirus, Advanced Antivirus
It's good to see the bad guys are quickly making new variants as this indicates that the good guys are tracking them just as quickly. Bit of cat and mouse I suppose but with the recent fall out from the Brian Krebs Security Fix write ups, the cat seems to have sharpened it's claws a bit.
Zlob\Rogues [IEDefender-File Secure-Total Secure 09\Sept 13]Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: Rogue Slayer
As most of you already know, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is developed by a group of our own. By that, I mean a dedicated group of malware fighters who have been active in malware research on all levels for many years. From source to delivery and everything in between.
They follow any and all leads to what ever end they find and report and then include their findings into MBAM's database to better hone the killer instincts that MBAM now has.Over the last 48 hours I've installed:
- Internet Antivirus
- Antivirus XP 2008
- Total Secure 2009
- Antivirus Pro 2008
Without exception MBAM eradicated each and every file which was installed with ease.
Only requiring a reboot to delete a couple of stubborn ones.
And this has been my experience in several other threads with victims over at cexx as well.
Relentless pursuit has to be a mainstay of any anti-spyware product and this team of researchers demonstrate that each and every day with multiple definition updates and program upgrades regularly. Without keeping on top of the latest threats, an anti-spyware app can quickly become obsolete.
I don't see that happening anytime soon with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware group.
I recommend you try them out. You won't be disappointed.Monday, September 08, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
TeMerc Guide To Malware Forensics
I've written up a fairly small guide to malware forensics, be it pretty basic tho.
Didn't get into any sort of file analysis or code dissection.
It's just something for those looking to get into playing with malware to better understand it. How it spreads, infects a machine, how it displays symptoms and makes changes to the system.
Be sure you've got a machine to sacrifice as things can get pretty ugly and I've crushed my test machine a couple of times and had to reformat to get things back up and running.
Hope you enjoy it and please feel free to comment good, bad or whatever.
TeMerc Malware Forensics Instructional Guide
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Latest News & Info-Sept 2
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- Gustav Website Fraud Watch
- Portfolio Of Rogues-Part 5
- Zombie Network Explosion
- Inside India CAPTCHA Solving Economy
- Rogue Banner Ads Updates
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Monday, September 01, 2008
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Western Union Spam, XP SP3 Users Stuck w\IE 8?, Bank Upgrade Spam, Rogue Banner Ads, Window 7, IE8:Better Browsing, July 08 Malware Tops All 07
Latest Security & News Info
- Western Union Spam
- Rogue Banner Ads Updates
- More Malware Blocked In July 08 Than All 07
- Bank 'Upgrade' Phish\Spam
- IE 8 Beta + XP SP3= You Keep IE8
- Why Adam Gets More Spam Than Eve
- Windows 7: Approach To Performance
- IE 8: Better Everyday Browsing
- Rival Botnets Share Common Bond
- Threat Spy Tracks Malware
- Online Pharmacy Affiliates BUSTED!
- Portfolio Of Rogues: Part 3
- Zango: Evasive & Vague.. NO WAY!!
- Portfolio Of Rogues
- One Third Of Spam Leads To Malware
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Forums Getting There....
They're restoring back ups now, but hosting company says no eta on complettion of task.
Sorry/Forums Down.....
Hosting company says they're having problems with their iSCSI storage array, I'll post updates here as I get them.
Sorry for any inconveineince.Saturday, August 16, 2008
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Botnet Masters Busted, BitDefender Top 10, New Rogues, New Windows 7 Blog, Vundo Top Variants, More SQL Sites
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
AcTiveX Security, Browser Hijacks, Zlob Updates, Cybercrime Services, Parents Fret Over 'M' Rated Games
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Blended Threats, Rogues, Gmail Probs, Malware attacks not noticed, MS To Rate Exploits, Laptops Over Desktops, Cloaking Coming Soon
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- Blended Threats: More Complex & Enterprising
- Most Malware Attacks Unnoticed
- Users Have Trouble Accessing GMail
- Smitfraud\Zlob\Rogue Updates
- Ads Fighting For Screen Space
- MS To Begin 'Exploit' Rating
- Scientists: Invisibility Cloak Soon
- Will Laptop Sales Overtake Desktops?
- Fraudsters: Collected Info Exposed, Not Hidden
- Rogue Banner Ad Updates
- MS Security Bulletin Advance Notification
- User Question: HJT Analysis, Too Many Steps?
- User Review: Drive Snapshot
- XP Still Outselling Vista
- TeMerc Rant: Looping Vids On CNET Pages
- New Spybot=Vundo Killer?
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Fake Files To View MEdia, Google Targeted, Spam Report, Zlob Updates, Rogue Banner Ads, Windows 7
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Viruslist July Stats, New IM Threat, Fake Celeb Sites=Malware, Vista & SP1, XP & XP3, Windows 7-Major Or Minor?
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Rival Botnets Share Bond, Threat Spy Tracks Malware, Portfolio Of Rogues, Pt. 3, IE8 Ship Date, FTC Smacks Telemarketers, Red Light Cams Don't Work
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
WOT The F........
So there you are, a security vendor who uses some third party sources to supply security advice\ratings to be included in your product. Now, one would think that you would want said third party vendors to have something to offer which would aid in your product to be the best it can be.
Cost effectiveness can be one item, tho this is not always the case nor need it be.
Dependability comes to mind. What good is something if you can't rely on it? Not much.
Then there is always a matter of reliability, which when it comes right down to it, trumps the other two. If you can't trust them or the service\product they offer to be reliable, what's the point? In the end the one that suffers most is the end user.
Imagine now if you read the following, about a third party vendor, or rather all third party vendors who supply services to another product:We don't consider our automated sources equally reliable
WOT Forums
If you don't trust them, why the hell are you using them? What sort of business uses resources\products\services it does not trust?Can you imagine if McAfee, Symantec or any other security vendor said that about someone who provided them such service?
Symantec just bought PCTools, do you think they trust them enough to improve the reliability of their product line? Ya, you betcha.
Did AVG trust Exploit Labs when they bought them out, with their LinkScanner tech? I'm sure they did.
Oh sure, maybe in this case there is no money exchanging hands, but to me at least, trust has a price on it that can't be calculated.
So, someone tell me how any security minded person can recommend a security tool from a company who gets something that is aided by third party vendors, when said security vendor does not trust the service it is geting from that third party?
Full thread:
Web Of Trust: How Trustful Is It?Zango, Rogues, spam, Symantec Buys PCTools, IE8 'Private' Surfing, Vista PCs Downgraded
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Friday, October 10, 2008
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Directi & HostFresh: Continued Cyber Crime Activity
Well it seems that Directi wasn't as sincere as they first indicated to rid themselves of association with cyber criminal activity.
Security researcher, developer and hpHosts owner Steven Burn has found a gang of scum as one of their customers.
As usual, he's gotten quite a bit of detail to support his findings.
Read all about it here.Thursday, October 02, 2008
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
ISP Upgrades For Me....
Seems my ISP has decided to perform some sort of upgrade in my area so my access is liited until 5PM MST, or so they say. Thus, not much fresh news will get posted until later in the day.
Same goes with forum access as well. I'm at mom n dads now but will need to go run some errands and get Jr at school. If, after that, I still don't have access at home I'll come back here to mom n dads.
Sorry if you're not getting your news fixes today. I'll get thiings updated ASAP once I'm home and on my machine.Monday, September 22, 2008
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
WinPatrol New Version Release-v15.9.2008
BillP has released the latest version of trustful WinPatrol, a must have on any system and something I've recommended for years. Everyone needs to have Scotty asking for approval and to contrl, things that start up with Windows.
Details in the forum link below
New Version Release: WinPatrol 15.9.2008Tuesday, September 16, 2008
'ClickJacking', Malware Miscellany, Windows 7 News & Porn Second To Social Networking?
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Some Minor Additions To Malware Advisor
Hi folks, today I've added some things to my blog which were options of Blogger.
You can now see all my labels or tags as listed below in order of total posts per that particular label\tag.
I also now display people who are following me. Over at Feedburner this number was supposedly 51. Not sure how the Blogspot one will work and if it will get to that number.
I've also enabled the gadget so you can see some of the blogs I'm currently following. Mind you there are only a small amount there as I'm currently following close to 150 in my reader, but I don't want to add all those here.
Hope these lil additions will make following me easier or just improve the over all ease of use of the blog and perhaps searching.Friday, October 24, 2008
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Forums Down-Unknown Reason
Not sure what I did, but something has taken the forum offline.
Awaiting support, hope to be up soon.
Awaiting support, hope to be up soon.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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