November 23, 2009 - Trend Micro threat analysts recently unearthed spammed messages that purported to have come from Trend Micro. Targeting trusted organizations is not an uncommon technique, used by cybercriminals when carrying out spam campaigns. In this case, the malicious URL (continue reading...) Read more
November 23, 2009 - Users who are currently planning to go or return to Brazil, especially with the holidays coming up, should watch out for a recent spam run. Spammed messages fashioned to look like an email from a Brazilian airline are offering users (continue reading...) Read more
November 23, 2009 - Threat researchers have been alerted to the discovery of a new exploit targeting Internet Explorer. Analysts have conducted tests and confirmed that the exploit affects versions 6 and 7 of the browser. Although the exploit is currently unreliable, cybercriminals may (continue reading...) Read more
November 22, 2009 - Trend Micro threat analysts recently found a fake Shaw Communications phishing Web page http://{BLOCKED}nadaworld.net/{very long string containing random characters}/ that asks users for their customer care login name and password. (continue reading...) Read more
November 19, 2009 - TrendLabs researchers were alerted to the discovery of spammed messages that contained Twitter URLs. The spam uses subjects such as N3 Earn Extra Income! 7L, C2 Exrtra Income Daily 4P, and Q0 $$$ Oppurtunity 6O. It informs users about supposed work-from-home opportunities (continue reading...) Read more
November 19, 2009 - Media reports have revealed the existence of fake blogs that were used to spread FAKEAV malware. The blogs do not actually contain any useful content. Instead, they have posts that contain nothing but images with post titles that use (continue reading...) Read more
November 18, 2009 - TrendLabs researchers received spammed messages purporting to have come from various companies such as eBay, J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., and Colgate-Palmolive, among others. The email bore the subject, “Payment request from,” and informs users about a certain recorded payment request. (continue reading...) Read more
November 17, 2009 - TrendLabs threat analysts found another FAKEAV campaign piggybacking on the Leonid meteor shower and the much-anticipated sequel to the Twilight saga, New Moon. Users searching for news and updates using the keywords “meteor shower tonight november 16 time” and “New Moon (continue reading...) Read more
November 16, 2009 - As Filipinos and Puerto Ricans were busy rooting for their champions in yesterday’s fight, so were cybercriminals who wished to capitalize on the match. Through SEO poisoning, users searching for a live stream of the Pacquiao vs Cotto fight were instead served a (continue reading...) Read more
November 13, 2009 - Trend Micro threat analysts received samples of spammed messages purporting to have come from mobile phone companies, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless. The email messages carry the subject, “Your credit balance is over its limits” and inform users that their credit (continue reading...) Read more
November 12, 2009 - Third-party security researchers reported that they found a vulnerability in both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2. The said bug exists in the handling of Server Message Block (SMB) packets and can allow malicious users to remotely (continue reading...) Read more
November 12, 2009 - Cybercriminals are using compromised Twitter accounts to spam out information-gathering websites to unknowing users. The attack starts with compromised Twitter accounts. The accounts are used to send out Direct Messages to the followers of the users who own the compromised accounts. (continue reading...) Read more
November 12, 2009 - Trend Micro threat analysts recently discovered a phishing attack targeting the website of the Capita Group. The said site is dedicated for the company shareholders’ use. It aims to reduce the need for paperwork and provides 24 hour access for greater convenience. (continue reading...) Read more
November 11, 2009 - Microsoft released six security bulletins to fix 15 vulnerabilities in this month’s Patch Tuesday. Three of these security advisories (MSO9-063, MS09-064, MS09-65) are considered “critical” while the other three have been dubbed “important.” MS09-067 deals with eight security holes (continue reading...) Read more
November 10, 2009 - The Koobface botnet has pushed out a new component that automates the following routines: Registering a Facebook account Confirming an email address in Gmail to activate the registered Facebook account Joining random Facebook groups Adding Facebook friends Posting messages to Facebook friends’ walls Overall, this new (continue reading...) Read more
November 9, 2009 - We are seeing another development from the Koobface botnet, this time abusing the Google-owned service Google Reader to spam malicious URLs in social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. The Koobface gang used controlled Google Reader accounts to host URLs containing an image (continue reading...) Read more
November 7, 2009 - Trend Micro security experts received email messages that supposedly came from Facebook. It asks recipients to update their login credentials for security purposes. It then instructs them to click the URL provided in the email message. When the user clicks (continue reading...) Read more
November 5, 2009 - Anyone who has ever played a video game—whether in an arcade, using a gaming console, or on a PC—knows how a good kill can get one all excited and pumped up. Games that involve killing certain entities give us the (continue reading...) Read more
November 4, 2009 - Worm Exploits MS08-067 Bug DOWNAD, also known as the Conficker worm, was first seen in the wild taking advantage of the MS08-067 vulnerability. True to form, it propagated via shared networks. Like its predecesors—the (continue reading...) Read more
November 3, 2009 - A few days ago, I got access to the source code of the well-known Elite Loader for free. Yes. It was published on one of the Russian underground forums. It even had a detailed description and screenshots showing how to (continue reading...) Read more