Quantcast
Channel: MicroHelp, Inc. » drive-by download
Browsing all 15 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Five Shocking Statistics From The Latest Internet Threat Report

Anti malware company Symantec released its threat report for 2011 on Monday. Buried in the dry statistics about the number of Web based attacks and malicious programs detected during the year are some...

View Article



Malware Poses as US Department of Justice Violation Notice

Posing as the US Department of Justice (DoJ), a new variant of the Citadel Malware called Reveton is responsible for a ransomware campaign that attempts to extort $100 from its victims.read more

View Article

Hijacked Web Sites Among The Most Visited On Google’s Black List

Legitimate Web sites that have been hijacked and used to serve malicious content greately outnumber malicious sites on a list of the most-trafficked sites on Google's blacklist, according to analysis...

View Article

Like Those Wikipedia Ads? They Mean You’re Infected With Malware!

The Wikimedia Foundation is warning its millions of visitors that if they're seeing ads appearing on any of the Foundation's Web sites, then their computer is probably infected with malware.  The...

View Article

Software Update Site For Hospital Respirators Found Riddled With Malware

UPDATE: A Web site used to distribute software updates for a wide range medical equipment, including ventilators has been blocked by Google after it was found to be riddled with malware and serving up...

View Article


New Version of Sykipot Trojan Linked To Targeted Attacks On Aerospace Industry

A new version of the Sykipot Trojan is being pushed to unsuspecting users in a wave of online attacks, including targeted attacks on attendees of an international aerospace conference, according to...

View Article

Infected Site Spreading SMS Android Malware

The website of a popular watch retailer is reportedly redirecting users that visit the site on Android-based devices to a number of malicious domains serving up premium rate SMS malware.read more

View Article

Why Watering Hole Attacks Work

Information security is littered with bad analogies. And none sounds sillier than a watering hole attack, which plays off the tactic that dominant animals use when stalking food by loitering at a...

View Article


Cracked.com Serving Malware in Drive-By Downloads

The popular humor website, Cracked[dot]com reportedly hosted malware that infected the machines of its visitors over the weekend and may still be doing so, according to Barracuda Labs research. The...

View Article


Toy Maker Hasbro’s Site Serving Drive-By Download Attacks

Hasbro[.]com, a leading toy and game distributor in the United States, is infected and serving malware to visitors of the site. Researchers at Barracuda Networks said the site remained infected as of...

View Article

Study Confirms Uyghur Remain in Crosshairs of Targeted Attacks

A research paper to be delivered next week at USENIX takes a deep look into the reconnaissance nation-states undergo in order to craft email-based attacks against non-governmental organizations.

View Article

JQuery Website Redirecting to RIG Exploit Kit

jQuery.com, website for the popular jQuery JavaScript library, is redirecting visitors to a site hosting the RIG exploit kit, security company RiskIQ said.

View Article

Flash Zero Days Dominate Exploit Landscape

The recent Flash zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits have uncovered the relatively quiet Hanjuan exploit kit, and further exposed the dangers of malvertising.

View Article


Nuclear, Angler Exploit Kit Activity Has Disappeared

Researchers who study exploit kits are reporting that two major kits, Angler and Nuclear, may no longer be available.

View Article

LastPass Patches Ormandy Remote Compromise Flaw

LastPass has patched a vulnerability in its Firefox add-on that allows attackers complete remote compromise of the password manager

View Article

Browsing all 15 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images