Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

And almost invariably, those messages include misleading notifications about security risks on the user’s system, prompts to install other software, ads for dating sites, erectile disfunction medications, and dubious investment opportunities. One notification was an ad for Norton antivirus; the other was for McAfee.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These two software are currently unknown to most if not all antivirus companies.” Highlighting the risk that 911 nodes could pose to internal corporate networks, they observed that “the infection of a node enables the 911.re The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products.

VPN 349

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 349

Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

The term “FUD” in those names stands for “ F ully U n- D etectable,” and it refers to cybercrime resources that will evade detection by security tools like antivirus software or anti-spam appliances. Given the risk for abuse, this domain will not be published.”

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Phishing Cybercrime Malware Advertising 276

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

ChronoPay specializes in providing access to the global credit card networks for “high risk” merchants — businesses involved in selling services online that tend to generate an unusually large number of chargebacks and reports of fraud, and hence have a higher risk of failure. Click to enlarge.

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