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Faster, Higher, Stronger—Olympic Security Risks
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England (July 27 to August 12) will mark the third time the city has hosted this event. When previous London Olympics were held in 1908 and 1948, cyberattacks...
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Raising DNSchanger Malware Awareness
The cyber trenches are awash today with news of DNSchanger malware. This is to elevate previous efforts to alert the public about the possibility that they could lose their internet services this...
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"Social" malware ready for the Olympic Games 2012
The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games is exactly 1 week away and Websense Security Labs researchers are already seeing data-stealing malware that aims to capitalize on the Games. Malware...
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Shamoon/DistTrack affecting energy sector
Today news broke that at least one organization in the energy sector was hit by malware named Shamoon or DistTrack. We’ve been looking at the related malware samples and can confirm that Websense...
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Benefits of your Blackberry ID in this attached malware
Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network intercepted a malware campaign targeting Blackberry customers. These fake emails state that the recipient has successfully created a Blackberry ID. The messages then...
View ArticleFake Virgin Blue Itinerary Email Soars With Malware
Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network detected a slew of fake Virgin Blue Itinerary emails. The email contains a malicious zip attachment called Virgin-Itinerary.pdf.zip, which contains the...
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The Hunt for Red October
“Red October” in the title of Tom Clancy’s bestselling novel referred to a Soviet submarine whose silent propulsion system made it undetectable to sonar. It’s a fitting name for the sophisticated...
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2013 Threat Report: More Than Scary Stats and Chilling Charts
The 2013 Threat Report from the Websense® Security Labs™ is now available. The report details mobile, social, email and web-based threats, and while it is full of ominous data points, it is a very...
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Margaret Thatcher’s Death Used in Cyber Attacks
As the world remembers former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, cyber attackers are participating too, but in their own tricky ways. Websense® Security Labs™ and the Websense ThreatSeeker®...
View ArticleiOS7 announcement prompts themed ransomware kits
At Websense® Security Labs™ we recently spotted an interesting case of a phishing domain related to the imminent release of the Apple iOS7 Operating System. As gossips circulate news in the wild...
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Fake AV Asks for Subscription Renewals
Cleaning up and re-imaging machines infected with rogue AV continues to take precious man-hours from security teams already saddled with increasing responsibility. While fake antivirus software (AV)...
View ArticleLabs Research: Using Anomalies in Crash Reports to Detect Unknown Threats
Websense Research Report Details New Targeted Campaigns and Unreported POS Systems Attack Today, we released a research white paper detailing the use of Windows Error Reporting (WER) to detect...
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Fiesta Exploits Kit Targeting High Alexa-Ranked Site
Websense® Security Labs™ researchers, using our Websense ThreatSeeker® Intelligence Cloud, have identified a new malicious attack targeting hxxp://www.mapsofworld.com/, a high Alexa-ranked site in the...
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