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Be Very Sparing in Allowing Site Notifications

Krebs on Security

Indelible also found browser modifications enabled by PushWelcome are poorly detected by antivirus and security products, although he noted Malwarebytes reliably flags as dangerous publisher sites that are associated with the notifications. One notification was an ad for Norton antivirus; the other was for McAfee.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products.

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Who’s In Your Online Shopping Cart?

Krebs on Security

Sometimes, antivirus products will detect the presence of these malicious scripts and block users from visiting compromised sites, but for better or worse none of the sites I mentioned here currently are flagged as malicious by any of the more than five dozen antivirus tools at the file-scanning service virustotal.com.

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Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

Krebs on Security

MacOS computers include X-Protect , Apple’s built-in antivirus technology. While there is still far more malware out there today targeting Microsoft Windows PCs, the prevalence of information-stealing trojans aimed at macOS users is growing at a steady clip.

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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec

Krebs on Security

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.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Security Boulevard

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or "crypt" your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products.

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