March 19, 2010 - Last few years can be called a “social networking era”. Just remember the rise ups (and depressions) of myspace.com, linked.in etc. These networks are now completely shadowed by FaceBook and Twitter. Even when myspace and similar networks are not that (continue reading...) Read more
March 17, 2010 - My friend Marlynn received an email from Facebook saying that her password had been reset this week. The cool thing was that after reading the email, she opened a new web browser to Facebook (maybe after reading my blog (continue reading...) Read more
March 17, 2010 - ** Consumer Threat Alert ** Consumer Threat Alert ** The Hook: Scammers send emails that appear to be from Facebook, telling recipients that their Facebook password has been reset and they need to click on an attachment to retrieve it. The Method: (continue reading...) Read more
March 16, 2010 - Symantec has recently observed a trend of phishing sites attacking brands that feature online classifieds. The legitimate classifieds brands help customers seek and exchange information on various categories such as employment, real estate, automotive, matrimonial, and so on. These brands (continue reading...) Read more
March 15, 2010 - In the past couple of months, Symantec has observed a mass phishing attack on two major brands that provide retail electronic payment services for banks across the globe. Legitimate retail electronic payments using credit and debit cards are the most (continue reading...) Read more
March 15, 2010 - Symantec previously reported a phishing attack on the Indian Income Tax Department. Phishing emails boasting of tax refunds were sent to users in an attempt to entice citizens to enter their credentials on a bogus website. Recently, new attacks (continue reading...) Read more
March 11, 2010 - Malware has traditionally been easy to spot and classify, mainly because it was created to serve a specific nefarious purpose and nothing else. In the ongoing arms race between malware (continue reading...) Read more
March 11, 2010 - In February, spammers continued to use the news of the earthquake in Haiti and the recent earthquake in Chile as another vector to utilize. Scam and phishing messages accounted for 19 percent of all spam in February, which is 2 (continue reading...) Read more
March 9, 2010 - April 3 cannot come soon enough for those who are eager to get their hands on the iPad. If anything, Apple’s recent announcement that the gadget will soon be available in the United States only added to the excitement (continue reading...) Read more
March 8, 2010 - Spam about diet or weight loss plans have been around for ages now, mostly spreading through email. However, spammed messages recently made their rounds on Twitter, compromising unwitting users’ accounts and spreading via these infected accounts. Compromised Twitter accounts post Tweets (continue reading...) Read more
March 5, 2010 - I am revving up for the Oscars this weekend, how about you? I find myself impressed with this year’s picks. Some years I wonder if it is just a popularity contest, but this year I think the competition (continue reading...) Read more
March 2, 2010 - According to Symantec’s latest State of Spam and Phishing report, scam and phishing messages accounted for 21 percent of all spam, which is the highest level recorded since the inception of the report. For comparison, these types of spam (continue reading...) Read more
March 2, 2010 - The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada, from February 12-28. With more than 82 countries participating and millions across the globe catching day-to-day action, it was sadly quite obvious that we would see spam attacks centered on this (continue reading...) Read more
March 2, 2010 - Text scams are increasingly becoming common again due to the forthcoming Philippine national and local elections, as political campaigns take to rampant text messaging for faster political mobilization. Earlier, I received a text message (continue reading...) Read more
March 1, 2010 - Spammers are clearly becoming more and more creative as they try new ways to bypass our anti-spam filters. Just recently, we received a spammed message disguised as a spam quarantine notification message from a competitor. (continue reading...) Read more
March 1, 2010 - A new wave of spammed messages posing as mail service notifications targeted antivirus companies, including Trend Micro. These messages ask the receivers to update their mailbox settings by opening and executing the attachment. (continue reading...) Read more
March 1, 2010 - The biggest news flashes for the last 48 hours involve reports of the devastating earthquake that struck near the coast of Chile, along with the tsunami threat to the Pacific region. As the extent of the damage due to the (continue reading...) Read more
February 26, 2010 - VirusTotal has been well known to most readers of the blog. It’s a free virus and malware online scan service which allows submitters to test a particular file against a multitude of malware scanners. So, it’s not highly surprising (continue reading...) Read more
February 26, 2010 - In February, Russia celebrates one of the most important “man” holidays of the whole year: "The Day of the Defender of the Motherland." On this day, all Russian men and boys are congratulated. The holiday refers to the heroes of (continue reading...) Read more
February 26, 2010 - It’s been ten years already; can you believe it? I’m talking about the U.S. Census. It’s been ten years since the last one. Time to do it again. No, it wasn’t on my calendar either. To remind all of us (continue reading...) Read more