February 16, 2010 - In the last two days our lab has detected a flood of email messages that seem to have been sent by the Facebook team urging users to submit a new account agreement. We’ve seen around 16,000 since yesterday. The subject of (continue reading...) Read more
February 15, 2010 - I love my job, and one of the main reasons is that everyday I see something new or at least different. I am always surprised on how the cybercriminals are able to adapt themselves and their creations to new technologies. (continue reading...) Read more
February 12, 2010 - Next Sunday, February 14th, is Saint Valentine's Day. Since the 19th century, lovers, to express their love for each other have been sending flowers and greeting cards (also known as "Valentines") on this date. And then the Internet appeared, as (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - As humans beings, we tend to be a bit lazy, at least in most of the cases. And cybercriminals are human beings, and therefore, lazy :) My colleage Andrew Chang (AhnLab) has sent me a MS10-002 Exploit Constructor they've found out (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - These days we’ve come across a new worm with old intentions. It has been detected as W32/Mseus.A, though it comes together with two friends W32/Mseus.A.worm and Rootkit/Mseus.B, a lovely bunch. It’s very curious how social engineering is being used to trick (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - Cybercriminals are always trying to figure out the best way to fool users, and I have to admit that sometimes they do it using some smart approaches. There is an hoax circulating on Facebook right now: ALERT >>>>> Has your facebook (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - This post will probably sound familiar to you, as some days ago we published a similar post talking about how issues like Google's Nexus One and the earthquake in Haiti were being used to distribute malware. Once more we have (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - Since yesterday, our lab has detected a flood of email messages that seem to contain a postcard, but it's actually malware. We’ve seen around 5,000 in a few hours. It’s not the first time we see emails like this in circulation, (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - A small worm has been spreading through social networks today. The attack is primarily focused on Facebook and the link which spreads the worm claims to be a revenge website dedicated to exposing a risque video of an ex-girlfriend on (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - Spam is something that we see on a daily basis. Everyday thousands of unwanted e-mails arrive to our mailboxes. We have seen them in all kind of flavours. Plain text, html, instant messaging, images, pdf, even in MP3. Users are (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - Since yesterday, our lab has detected a flood of email messages that seem to contain a Microsoft Update, but it’s actually malware. We’ve seen around 3,000 in a few hours. The message is like the following: This email, which seems to have been (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - People ask me many times how are the bad guys using Facebook to distribute malware. Even though there are multiple answers to that question, at the end of the day Facebook is just another way to communicate, and it has (continue reading...) Read more