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Cue the confetti - Guardio has been named one of LinkedIn's Top Israeli Startups in 2023! 🎉 It’s truly an honor for us to be included on the list alongside other amazing startups. We owe this to our outstanding team and the trust of our customers, and we'll keep working hard to make the digital world safer for everyone. 🚀 See the full list: https://lnkd.in/dYQ9j-cW #Linkedintopstartups #LinkedIn #Guardio #Cybersecurity

Many have asked us about the PayPal Honey browser extension, which has been accused of redirecting affiliate commissions from influencers to itself and promoting deals that may favor its retail partners over better discounts. While this doesn’t mean the extension directly threatens your safety, Guardio points out that behind-the-scenes activities like these can raise concerns. Users should stay cautious by checking their browser extensions (you can use Guardio to identify and manage risky extensions).

The only phishing we want this Christmas is for compliments on our ugly sweater. Happy holidays! ✨

The buzz around OpenAI’s text-to-video tool, Sora, is real - and so are the scams. We uncovered several fake sites impersonating Sora and spreading dangerous malware. Watch Lindsey Mastis break it all down in her latest report on WJLA-TV. 👇

Almost exactly a year ago, Brian Krebs and I were talking about VexTrio. He asked me: So you really don’t know who these guys are? They must advertise somewhere! For years i envisioned a bunch of hoodied hackers in their parents basement offering up commodity services to lowlife criminals. Boy was I wrong. We now know exactly who VexTrio is. The challenge has become not who they are, but just how much they control. We’ve gathered enough knowledge to write hundreds of pages and it’ll take us time to figure out how to make a coherent picture for the community... The last few months have been an adventure— as we chased down VexTrio, they tried to destroy evidence… yanking websites, changing LinkedIn profiles, pulling pictures from Google Maps… but thanks to our propensity to take screenshots and the amazing treasure that is the internet…. the evidence remains. My prediction for 2025? I think that people are finally going to realize shady adtech is a serious threat that is able to deliver malware, steal people’s money, and feed disinformation in a way that is hard to defeat. If only a small fraction of the 10B+ impressions the malicious players claim to make globally every day are true, it’s a formidable criminal force. We are grateful for everyone who has collaborated with us on VexTrio, especially Qurium, Randy McEoin, and Sucuri Security. (Denis Sinegubko) ... also Dave Mitchell is a tremendous addition to Infoblox Threat Intel... as Randy says, he's a beast. And beyond VexTrio there is a complex web of nefarious characters that we’re only starting to see… thanks to Guardio, SURBL and others for collaboration on these. Stay Tuned. There is so much more to come. When you see it, you can’t unsee it. #dns #threatintel #malware #scam #phishing #adware #disinformation #malvertising #threatintelligence Infoblox

You’re asked to prove you’re human. Lumma malware? It proves just how sneaky it is. While you’re solving a CAPTCHA, it’s quietly stealing passwords, browsing history, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. Check out Guardio Labs' latest research, featured on Fox News Media, to learn how this scam works.

Fake CAPTCHAs make people run PowerShell scripts. Who would fall for that, right? Hundreds of thousands of people! Nati Tal, head of Guardio Labs uncovers a massive malvertising campaign utilizing fake CAPTCHA techniques that wreaks havoc on users: 🔴 Savings stolen. 🔴 Personal data stolen. 🔴 Device compromised. Google Safe Browsing? Windows Defender? All green. A must-read on how ad networks are exploited to deliver this to millions of people. Read here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dDqAck3P Kudos to Guardio Labs and Nati Tal for fighting back! Guardio, Efrat Tabibi, Sharon Blatt Cohen, Bar More

רציתם ליצור סרטונים מרהיבים עם הכלי החדש של OpenAI? שימו לב שלא תמצאו את עצמכם בסרט רע. Guardio מצאה פרסומות ואתרים שמתחזים ל-Sora, אבל במקום כלי יצירתי - מורידים למחשב שלכם תוכנה זדונית. זכרו: איפה שיש הייפ, יש גם מי שינסה לנצל אותו. כדי להישאר בטוחים, השתמשו רק באתר הרשמי.

Ho Ho Hold up - is that holiday deal too good to be true? 🎄🛍️ With holiday shopping in full swing, scammers are taking advantage of the rush for great deals. Between September and November, Guardio blocked twice as many fake text messages, most of them related to shopping. Our VP of Product, Karin Zilberstein (Lavian), shared tips with NBC Boston Stations on how to stay safe this season.

🚨 Thousands of Daily Victims: Deceptive Ads Fueling Fake Captcha Scams 🚨 Guardio Labs’ latest DeceptionAds research uncovers a disturbing malvertising campaign driving 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀. Unsuspecting users are tricked into fake Captcha pages, leading to the installation of Lumma info-stealer malware, one of the most destructive threats online that takes over accounts, credentials, passwords, files, and more. This campaign is a striking example of how malicious ads can seamlessly integrate into the online ad ecosystem, spreading threats without us even realizing we are looking at 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 content. Guardio Labs, in collaboration with Infoblox, traced this operation to a major ad network enabling these attacks at scale. Read the full research: https://lnkd.in/dkxV6cHt