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Published Friday, August 03, 2012 11:12 PM by April Tellez
"In itself, the amount of money could be big enough to raise suspicion in most of us," writes Websense. "Also, it is easy to see when the mouse cursor hovers over the link that the target Web address is different from the one displayed...

Published Friday, August 03, 2012 10:56 PM by April Tellez
"ThreatScope analysis, part of our CSI service, shows that the malware is part of the Cridex family," a Websense spokesperson said in a statement. "It drops files into the Application Data and Temp folders, and then injects code into other...

Published Monday, May 02, 2011 10:40 PM by Talia James

USA Today just published an article on the imminent dangers of cyber criminals exploiting the massive explosion of news surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden. In the hopes of trapping curious and unsuspecting Net users searching for more information, scammers have been planting various exploit kits and malicious links across the web.

In the article, USA Today highlights breaking research updates from the Websense®Security Labs™. Early this morning, the labs discovered that hackers compromised the site of Sohaib Athar, a man who tweeted the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden. Athar linked to his site from his popular Twitter feed and as his inquisitive, trusting followers clicked through, they were redirected to malware known as the “BlackHole Exploit Kit.” USA Today also draws attention to Websense’s warnings on a scam circulating on Facebook that promotes a bogus “video” of bin Laden’s death.

 

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