google adwords

The creativity and resourcefulness of the criminal underground never ceases to amaze me. Granted, these guys have nothing else to do but sit around and come up with new scams, but still, some of these things are truly inspired. Have a look at this Google AdWords phishing scam that has been showing up in recent [...]  read more »

After a brief period of inactivity, eCard themed spam mails seem to be back in action. As usual, these mails carry links to malware masqueraded as e-greeting cards. Here are some examples of eCard mails (note that the From header is spoofed):  read more »

Security professional Didier Stevens figured it would be a hoot running an experiment to see how many people would willingly click on a URL promising to infect their PC. So he ran this ad on Google:Unbelievably, 409 people clicked on the ad.Stevens said in his blog that he ran his Google Adwords campaign for six [...]  read more »