A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris

If you live in the United States, the data broker Radaris likely knows a great deal about you, and they are happy to sell what they know to anyone. But how much do we know about Radaris? Publicly available data indicates that in addition to running a dizzying array of people-search websites, the...

Europol lifts the lid on cybercrime tactics

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation Europol, has published a report that examines developments in cyberattacks, discussing new methodologies and threats observed by Europols operational analysts. The report also discusses the criminal organizations behind cyberattacks and th...

Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

One of the most expensive aspects of any cybercriminal operation is the time and effort it takes to constantly create large numbers of new throwaway email accounts. Now a new service offers to help dramatically cut costs associated with large-scale spam and account creation campaigns, by paying...

Ransomware Going for $4K on the Cyber-Underground

In the cybercriminal underground, ransomware samples and builders are going for anywhere between $300 to $4,000, with ransomware-as-a-service rentals costing $120 to $1,900 per year. That’s according to an analysis by Kaspersky of the three main underground forums where ransomware is circulated...

Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers

A persistent malware campaign has been actively distributing an evolved browser modifier malware at scale since at least May 2020. At its peak in August, the threat was observed on over 30,000 devices every day. The malware is designed to inject ads into search engine results pages. The threat...

NetRefer Chooses Imperva Incapsula WAF: A Case Study

Since 2005, companies have been using NetRefer’s performance marketing software to fully automate their affiliate programs. From enrollment through customer relationship management CRM, tracking, finance and rewards management and payments, NetRefer’s Unified Performance Marketing Platform...

AJ Matrix 3.1 - (id) Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerability

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Android Trojan Apps Build SMS Botnet

A rudimentary, SMS-based botnet is ensnaring Android users into its web with a series of text messages offering free downloads for popular, paid gaming applications, according to Cloudmark researcher Andrew Conway. The Trojan applications are reportedly mimicking games such as The Need for Speed...

The Pharmaceutical Spam Machine

In this Lab Matters webcast, Kaspersky Lab senior spam analyst Maria Namestnikova looks closely at the pharmaceutical spam operations and discusses how spammers are using affiliate programs and rebuilt botnets to recover from last year’s crackdown...

Pay-Per-Install Malware Models Affiliate Marketing

From Black Hat DC: Sites like Amazon offer affiliate programs that pay users for sending them new customers. And now, malware authors, always quick to adopt tactics that work elsewhere, have developed their own affiliate program. Read the full article. MIT Technology Review...