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Tech support scammers abuse native ad and content provider Taboola to serve malvertising (updated)

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:58:32 +0000

See how scammers redirected visitors from MSN to their tech support scam page in this latest malvertising campaign.

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Tech support scammers abuse native ad and content provider Taboola to serve malvertising

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:58:32 +0000

See how scammers redirected visitors from MSN to their tech support scam page in this latest malvertising campaign.

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Elaborate scripting-fu used in espionage attack against Saudi Arabia Government entity

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 01:06:51 +0000

In this post, we take apart a clever set of scripts used in a targeted attack against the government of Saudi Arabia.

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Elaborate scripting-fu used in espionage attack against Saudi Arabia Government

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 01:06:51 +0000

In this post, we take apart a clever set of scripts used in a targeted attack against the government of Saudi Arabia.

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Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:16:27 +0000

Cryptomining in the browser is all the rage lately. But what are the impacts for users when it is being abused by dubious publishers?

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Fake IRS notice delivers customized spying tool

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:00:24 +0000

Threat actors leverage a Microsoft Office exploit to spy on their victims. In this blog post, we will review its delivery mechanism and analyze the malware we observed, a modified version of a commercial Remote Administration Tool (RAT).

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