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DNS Hijack 20 Jun 2013 | 03:02 pm
Early today, the domains of Linkedin a social networking site , were pointing to an IP address 204.11.56.17. Queried whois.arin.net with "n 204.11.56.17"... NetRange: 204.11.56.0 - 204.11.59.25...
Facebook – RedirectURL Phishing Attack 17 Jun 2013 | 02:51 pm
Very recently I cam across a blogpost , which mentions about a Facebook URL Redirect bug. There is not much we can do about the bug, however, the implementation of the bug as mentioned by the author i...
Project Prism 10 Jun 2013 | 06:06 pm
For past few hours after the revelations by Washington Post and Guardian pertaining to NSA’s project PRISM which was related to surveillance of Internet resources, privacy advocates have taken a stand...
The Hangover 21 May 2013 | 02:27 pm
The latest in the APT detected and analyzed by the team of Norman Shark, has been named “Hangover” due to the strings found within the various binaries. When I retraced the report in order to arrive a...
$45 Million – Cyber Heist 13 May 2013 | 01:42 pm
Magicians rely on sleight of hand and target the human perception of the way things are construed by the human mind. They are always on a lookout for loopholes and technology to assist them in their a...
The Professional Web 4 May 2013 | 05:50 pm
The Professional Web, this is what “.pw” domains being projected / promoted as. Very lately we have been observing a rise in spam originating from .pw domains. PW ccTLD had recently started providing ...
Phishing – Blocked by htaccess 26 Apr 2013 | 12:29 pm
In recent months, we at eScan have been observing a whole bunch of phishing attacks on Indian Banks. CERT-IN has been informed on multiple occasions but the phishing scams just doesn’t seem to end. Un...
RU a nightmare ? 20 Apr 2013 | 06:06 pm
Dont judge a book by its cover and a blog by its title. The title of today’s blog-post isn’t your daily SMS lingo, it is infact about .RU domains. Ask any security guy about .ru and they will promptly...
A different method of a Malware-Group 16 Apr 2013 | 01:31 pm
Sometimes even I am surprised at efforts these bad-guys put in order to ensure that the computer systems of unsuspecting victims are infected. In the past we have seen, a simple straight forward metho...
All Fools Day 2 Apr 2013 | 02:07 pm
On all fools day, everyone is wanting to have some fun , fool others and generally like to spend an enjoyable time. However when it comes to us, its more or less of a routine. The element of surpris...
