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Finjan outlines the latest developments in the cybercrime commercialization economy(23/07/2008)
Finjan Inc. has announced the latest findings by its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC). In its latest trends report for Q2 2008, the MCRC identifies and analyzes the latest Crimeware business operations, and provides a first-of-its-kind insider’s look at the organizational structure of Cybercrime organizations. It all makes the cybercrime more successful and profitable than ever. The report includes real documented discussions conducted b... [more]
Underground exchange service promotes the sale of fraudulent credit card data with volume discounts for large-scale fraudsters(15/04/2008)
Researchers at Finjan have revealed the existence of another underground exchange service - SellCVV2 - promoting the sale of fraudulent credit card data with guarantees and volume discounts for large-scale fraudsters. "The site, which appears to use Google's Blogspot service, is typical of a number of portals promoting the exchange of fraudulent card data. But what is apparent from the SellCVV2 site is the level of commercialization of the tra... [more]
FTP account credentials from Top Global Domains in the hands of hackers(05/03/2008)
Finjan Inc. has uncovered a database containing more than 8,700 harvested FTP account credentials, including username, password and server address - in the hands of hackers. These stolen credentials enable criminals to compromise servers and automatically inject crimeware to infect users visiting them. Among those stolen accounts are those of Fortune-level global companies in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, telecom, media,... [more]
Online criminals exploit vulnerabilities in end users Web browsers using drive-by downloads(29/02/2008)
Finjan has confirmed the findings presented in a recent Google online security blog post and IBM's X-Force report. Online criminals are waging a highly sophisticated war by exploiting vulnerabilities in end users Web browsers using drive-by downloads. Google’s team also reported that on average 2% of malicious websites were delivering malware via advertising. “Google Anti-Malware Team has indicated that more than three million unique URLs o... [more]
10,000 trusted domains infected by crimeware Trojan(14/01/2008)
Finjan Inc.'s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has identified yet another significant new web attack - the latest in a genre of crimeware that threatens to turn highly trusted web sites into insidious traps for unwary visitors. More than 10,000 websites in the US were infected in December by this latest malware. The attack, which Finjan has designated “random js toolkit,” is an extremely elusive crimeware Trojan that infects an end use... [more]
Chinese Trojans steal data from organizations(05/12/2007)
Finjan Inc. has recently conducted a study prompted by the increased volume of attacks coming from China. The study maps how users PCs are being infected by Trojans distributed from China that then steal data from organizations and details some of the sites that are involved in the process. Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) have detected malicious activity by groups that distribute their content using obfuscated code and a netw... [more]
Cyber-criminals use copycat domain names to infect visitors to legitimate websites(15/11/2007)
As website content is becoming more volatile, and domain names can be set up for brief periods of time, the task of “keeping track” of malicious content on the Web is becoming ever more difficult. When attacks involve a domain name that is strikingly similar in spelling to the domains of legitimate sites and hosted on trusted IP addresses, the similarity to legitimate and frequently used domain names enables them to go unnoticed by most webmaster... [more]
Botnets are getting smaller to evade detection(04/10/2007)
Botnets are getting smaller, as criminals seek to ensure their botnet swarms evade detection. F-Secure recently reported that criminal gangs are splitting their botnets into smaller groups in a bid to create a multi-swarm attack that can still escape detection. These botnets are then rented out for as little as $100 for a few hours. "F-Secure's assertion is in line with our own trends analysis," confirmed Yuval Ben-Itzhak, the CTO of Finjan. "... [more]
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