And Now There’s MaaS: "Malware as a Service!"
The cyber arms race just got crazier. You’ve heard of SaaS…DaaS… now there’s MaaS – “Malware as a Service,” empowering and enabling cyber criminals.
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‘Ware the Web-the Lesson from the Yahoo Malvertising Attack
The ad tech industry has been reeling for the past 12 months over ad fraud and the industry is starting to come to terms with it. But unfortunately, ad fraud is just the tip (albeit, a very costly tip) of the malicious web. The recent malvertising attack on the Yahoo Network is a painful example…
The Magnitude of the Breach
The Magnitude of the Breach On Thursday, June 4, it was announced that there was a large breach of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the federal government. The Chinese are fingered in the breach, in which about 4 million people’s records were lost in the attack, and the Chinese government denied being responsible,…
WiFi Vendor Blocks Malicious Websites with zvelo
The Solution Provider had carved out a large and growing market of professionals and business travelers who required secure, safe Internet access and browsing, combined with the convenience and availability of…
DetailsBig Data Analytics Provider integrates zvelo for Mobile Analytics
The prospect, a leading provider of big data analytics solutions, had identified a need to capture, curate, categorize and visualize the massive amounts of web usage data sets stemming from mobile service providers…
DetailsData Protection – What to Ask After a Data Breach?
Cybercrime against high-profile entities like eBay and Target is on the rise, and the media has conjured up nightmarish scenarios of cyber-criminals going on shopping sprees with our well-earned cash – easily obtained through stolen credit card information. The risks that the general public faces vary and should not be applied equally.
Top websites are targets for malvertising
The importance of the Alexa top websites can never be discounted in zvelo’s day-to-day operations. Providing contextual data sets about the Alexa top sites is a vital element for the online advertising market because it can assist in determining the most ideal and brand-safe placement of online ads and other promotional materials.
Full Path URL Content Classification
Given the dynamic nature of the majority of today’s websites, categorization at the full path URL versus the base domain is superior and now required. Parts of a website include the top-level domain (.com, .org, etc.), the base domain (example.com), sub-domain (subdomain.example.com) or sub-path (example.com/page). When categorizing content, it is highly important to recognize exactly what is being classified within a website because content can differ dramatically across full path URLs.
Phishing Websites Detected by zvelo
Prior to this blog post, zveloLABS published a phishing URL alert about fake Apple account verification websites. Now, zvelo’s team of engineers and researchers has unearthed a new phishing attack campaign using fraudulent Facebook log-in sites.
WaterHole Attacks – Compromised Websites
Instances of large-scale compromises of both private industry and public institutions in 2013 prompted a flurry of activity among security researchers to identify emerging and established threats. Commonly identified as Advance Persistent Threats (APTs), this phenomenon is expected to continue well into the foreseeable future. Fundamental to the spread of these threats is one of their foremost methods of propagation – a water hole attack.