Adware

Another famous German consumer electronic retailer has to warn its customers against the free gift card spam attack. The G Data SecurityLabs discovered new websites, which allegedly promote the second half of the Media-Saturn Holding.

One of Europe’s most famous electronic goods retailers launched its first online shop just recently, on 16 January 2012. Cyber criminals take this opportunity to spread messages with fake gift card announcements as bait via Facebook!

Social engineering in progress: An interesting post of a friend pops up on your wall and you become curious, you click, you become a victim - and that’s how it works, the so called “likejacking”.