Posts Tagged ‘Sunbelt Software’

Tumblr Dating Game? No Me Gusta.

Friday, May 18th, 2012


There’s a bit of a spam run taking place on Tumblr right now, in the form of a “Tumblr Dating Game”. Click to Enlarge The spam message reads as follows: “Lol half of your followers are on tumblrdatinggame(.)com” Visiting the …

New Twitter Spam Run Leads to Android Rogue AV

Monday, May 14th, 2012


For some time, we’ve seen site URLs with the dot TK (.tk) extension being spammed by bogus accounts on Twitter to random users. One of our threat researchers in the AV Labs found these particular Tweets quite noteworthy:   Computer …

VIPRE® Report for April: Be Careful When Browsing Social Networking Sites

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012




As you may know, cybercriminals are no longer limited to Twitter and Facebook as their launchpads for spams, scams, and malware-laden site link. Tumblr and Pinterest are just some of the new social networking sites that online criminals are now …

Mass Trollface Spam hits Tumblr

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012




Click to Enlarge Better late than never, although both are preferable to being at the scene of the crime in a recent case of repeated spamposts across what appears to be a large number of Tumblr accounts. It seems three Tumblrs …

Is Your System DNS Changer-free?

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012


Anyone closely following the news might have come across reports regarding netizens that would be disconnected from the Internet after July 9. Media calls this the “Internet Doomsday”, and online campaigns asking Internet users to check their systems for a …

Surveys and “Pinterest Invites” Lurk on Google Play

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012





Google Play, formerly known as Android Market, has been in the spotlight of late due to a number of apps researchers within the security industry have been finding and reporting. No longer does Play house just Android apps and games. …

First GFI Partners’ Conference in the Philippines Held in Manila

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012


Last week, the Sales team of GFI Software in the APAC region organized and hosted a 3-day Partners’ Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Newport City. Technical Training and Sales Engineer Kris Hansen led a small team sales managers to conduct …

A 419 Scam and an Unintended Surprise

Friday, April 27th, 2012


Given the long history of advance-fee fraud, it is safe to assume that we’re more or less aware (if not familiar) with what 419 scams are. For those who are not, 419 scams typically come to users in the form …

2012 Doomsday Scam Continues to Serve up Doom, Giftcards

Thursday, April 26th, 2012


If we survive the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, does that mean we’re technically immortals? I’ve no idea, but it will probably mean we don’t see quite as many of these Doomsday Apocalypse scams doing the rounds on Facebook since at …

Steer Clear of Steam Cracker

Friday, April 20th, 2012




I’m all for a spot of Lovecraftian tentacled horror coming down from the sky and laying waste to all and sundry, but not when that same unfathomable horror is doing the same thing to my PC like in the below …