New Malware Uses a Facebook-YouTube-Chrome Combo to Steal Bitcoins

The FacexWorm has been around since late last year, but it has been continually upgraded to be more efficient in stealing Bitcoins. It's use of a select blend of social media to propagate itself makes it rather unique and may portend a new approach that criminals may use, Stage 1: Facebook Messenger  Criminals get control …

World Cyberwar I

Minor skirmishes in preparation for an all out cyberwar have been taking place in the Middle East for a number of years now. Since the Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in 2010, the region has seen a number of attacks on key infrastructure. These attacks have been troubling but have intentionally been kept at …

Romance Scammers Eagerly Await New Facebook Dating App

In the past, romance scammers would have to join dating sites in order to manipulate unsuspecting victims. Part of the manipulation would usually include a fake Facebook page. Such pages would have sparse information but would include a fake photo and information which would roughly match that found in their dating profiles. Often, they would …

The Dangerous Rise in Code Injection Attacks

So what's code injection and why is it dangerous? In terms of a malware exploit, code injection is performed by an attacker to make a legitimate application do something it shouldn't. Attackers place or inject code into an application or process to subvert its normal activity and makes it perform tasks that will benefit the …