Internet Threats Blog
Most businesses today understand the need of having their own website, but most of those businesses don’t monitor their websites and even more don’t know how to react when their sites have been compromised. A study conducted which surveyed over 600 website owners and administrators whose sites had been compromised showed that 63 percent of website owners didn’t know how they were … [Read more...]
Even if your company has no plans of entering the mobile market, you need to be on the constant lookout for cybercriminals who wish to use the popularity of your brands for criminal purposes. The mobile market has exploded in recent years and companies have not yet caught up with the security and protection needed to fight back cybercriminal activity. BrandProtect is always committed to providing … [Read more...]
Last year, in response to the explosion of new mobile apps being developed, BrandProtect launched our Mobile App Monitoring service. Initially, the primary concern was malicious mobile apps that would capture users’ personal information as it was being transmitted, or open the mobile device to control by the perpetrators – both scenarios have been seen in the wild before, and it’s only … [Read more...]
A new generation of Facebook Scams has emerged just in time for the launch of Timeline – Facebook’s new profile layout. And while these changes have more than one user celebrating Facebook’s evolution, there are a large number of defectors who are begging Facebook to let them revert back to their old profiles. Mashable recently reported an increase in Facebook scams targeting these users … [Read more...]
By Dylan Sachs and Minal Pithia With the recent news of even more malware on the Android Market (and the subsequent Microsoft offer of a free Windows Phone for some of those affected), people are getting more and more concerned that their devices, personal information - or worse, their bank balance - are going to be targeted. This news isn't really new - mobile malware has been a … [Read more...]
Accredited registrars can now purchase .XXX domains on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers and ICM Registry have finally released their latest attempt at supervising access to porn sites. The new .XXX domains are meant to filter access to adult content and give Internet users a heads-up of the site’s contents. We have been covering the … [Read more...]
Banning employees from Facebook, Twitter and other sites shows a 30% increase in computer security breaches TELUS and the Rotman School of Management have published their third annual IT security study. This time, the study revealed an increase in the number of security breaches in both government entities and companies in the private sector; with government entities experiencing twice the number … [Read more...]
In July of this year our Incident Response Teams hands were full, we received a flood of phishing sites and a majority of them were caused by the osCommerce attack and WordPress vulnerabilities. Phishing sites coming from open source web applications are very popular and a rich target environment for hackers. osCommerce (“open source Commerce”) is an e-commerce and online store-management … [Read more...]
Ever wanted to know how to avoid those pesky link-infested messages from that stranger stalker from across the globe? Sit tight and let us show you how. Having an unprotected account will no longer leave you with absurd messages posted on your wall or shared with your friends; it can now infest you full of malware and leave you a victim of identity theft. Go on reading to find out how to keep … [Read more...]
Hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec have been on the spotlight for the last couple of months. The media has had a feast reporting each and every one of their attacks; going after companies like PayPal and Sony to the CIA and the FBI. These two groups have established themselves as “hactivists” (a clever wording of hackers and activists) and have been bringing down sites for “the lulz” or … [Read more...]
