Websense Media Coverage : Websense Security Labs

PC Magazine: Fake AT&T Bills Direct Users to Blackhole, Zeus

April Tellez — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:12:00 GMT

"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 in the text of the message. Websense Security Labs highly recommends that you not click links in emails. Instead, manually type the legitimate domain name into your favorite browser and access the website that way."

http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/301122-fake-at-t-bills-direct-users-to-blackhole-zeus

TechWeekEurope: London Marathon Faces ICO Investigation

Talia James — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:26:00 GMT

“Organisations need to be able to identify sensitive information and make sure it remains safe,” commented Carl Leonard, senior manager at Websense Security Labs. “Accidents happen, so protecting confidential data is essential if you don’t want to risk cybercriminals running away it…”

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/london-marathon-faces-ico-investigation-74666

The Inquirer: London Marathon website leaks runners' personal details

Talia James — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:24:00 GMT

Carl Leonard, senior manager at Websense Security Labs told The INQUIRER, "Data is everywhere and its value is growing exponentially with huge volumes of new content being created and shared every second. As organisations manage this data, the challenge is that much of it is sensitive and theft is a major concern…”

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2169808/london-marathon-web-site-leaks-runners-personal-details

SC Magazine UK: Detection of Mac malware to expand, as realities of mobile malware are laid bare

Talia James — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:13:00 GMT

“Websense Security Labs' 2012 Threat Report said that while exploit kits and advanced methods to attack Windows systems and the software that reside on this platform exist against the large surface area, new rogue anti-virus dropper files are surfacing for Mac OS as it continues to increase in popularity…”

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/detection-of-mac-malware-to-expand-as-realities-of-mobile-malware-are-laid-bare/article/237392/

PC World: Infected WordPress Blogs Blamed for Mac Flashback Trojan

Talia James — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:06:00 GMT

“Websense has estimated the number of infected WordPress sites to be 30,000, with others putting the number as high as 100,000 but what matters is that the overwhelming majority - 85 percent - were based in the US…”

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/.../infected_wordpress_blogs_blamed for_mac_flashback_trojan.html

InfoSecurity Magazine: Websense report discusses the life-cycle of an advanced attack

Talia James — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:06:00 GMT

“Traditional defenses just aren't working any more,” said Charles Renert, vice president of research and development for Websense. “Organizations need real-time defenses with multiple detection points that deeply analyze both the inbound content of each website and email as well as the outbound transmission of sensitive data…”

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/25291/websense-report-discusses-the-lifecycle-of-an-advanced-attack

Network World: Report cites U.S., Canada as malware attack focus

Patricia Hogan — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:32:00 GMT

“50% of malware connections lead to the U.S.," says Charles Renert, vice president of Websense Security Labs. According to the 2012 Websense Threat Report, Canada's malware ranking has also zoomed upward in the past year, so the country now clocks in at No. 2 at 13.2%. The countries in the top five ranking include Germany at 5.4%, the Netherlands at 4.9% and China at 4.1%...

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/032912-malware-attack-257782.html

TechWeek Europe: Making Android Malware in a Limo

Patricia Hogan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:30:00 GMT

“As we took off from TechWeekEurope’s Soho headquarters for a brief trip around London on a balmy spring afternoon, Carl Leonard demonstrated how a malicious Android app could be created in just 10 minutes. Bringing up an Android Eclipse SDK on the LCD screen, he produced a fake antivirus app in super quick time, cunningly calling it Awesome AV Scanner…”

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mobile-malware-android-websense-70329

CSO Online: Fake AV attack targets Wordpress users

Patricia Hogan — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:22:00 GMT

"There's nothing new about rogue AV scams. With such a high number of compromised web pages and websites in this on-going campaign, it's evident these scams are still working," said Elad Sharf, senior security researcher at Websense Labs.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/701653/fake-av-attack-targets-wordpress-users

Businessweek: Beware of Typosquatters!

Talia James — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:03:00 GMT

Darn – you typed “Faecbook” instead of “Facebook” again… and sneaky scammers are taking advantage of your misspellings online. Businessweek recently wrote an article featuring Websense on the rise of “typosquatters,” the bad guys who buy domain names spelled similarly to those of real companies to take advantage of fat-fingered users.

Businessweek outlines an extensive history of typosquatting, and features Websense research on the subject. The Websense Security Labs are quoted for the statistic that more than 62 percent of the active domain names based on common misspellings of Facebook (and not owned by Facebook led to scams or malicious sites).

Typosquatting is a cheap way to get a lot of traffic, and poses major risks to corporate confidential information. Read more from the Security Labs blog on typosquatting here.

Find out how to protect your organization from security threats like typosquatting here.