May 26, 2010 - TrendLabsSM recently handled a client case last March wherein two peculiar malware leveraged a Windows service—Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)—to execute their malicious routines. WMI lets users access and retrieve information about their OSs. It is particularly useful for administrators, especially (continue reading...) Read more
May 26, 2010 - The upcoming “2010 FIFA World Cup” in South Africa is one of the most highly anticipated events in sports history today. As expected, cybercriminals have been using this event as another means for their endless string of profiteering schemes. TrendLabsSM engineers (continue reading...) Read more
May 25, 2010 - The KOOBFACE botnet continuously evolves to keep on generating profit for its perpetrators. The fact that the botnet is still alive shows that the cybercriminals behind it are making a fortune off it. In our effort to conduct research on and (continue reading...) Read more
May 25, 2010 - Italian bank Banca Popolare di Sondrio has become phishers’ new target with the discovery of a spammed message containing a link to the supposed bank’s Internet banking site, SCRIGNO. As (continue reading...) Read more
May 21, 2010 - The TDSS malware family in itself is already a big threat to users. Known for its rootkit capabilities, TDSS constantly evolves to include more sophisticated means in order to hide its presence in (continue reading...) Read more
May 18, 2010 - Autorun.inf is prevalently used by worms as an autostart technique. Through this file, the worm is able to automatically execute whenever an infected drive is accessed. Over time, users have been able to think of workarounds to manually remove the (continue reading...) Read more
May 16, 2010 - TrendLabsSM engineers recently discovered a new Skype spam campaign. The spam arrives as a message from a user’s list of contacts. It contains a list of links with the domain {BLOCKED}4.171.116, most of which are already inactive. (continue reading...) Read more
May 13, 2010 - A Twitter bot builder is currently being freely distributed on the Internet with the capability to attack users’ systems and to have some fun at the same time. It may, however, act as a threat when an attacker uses the (continue reading...) Read more
May 13, 2010 - “Liking” a fan page or a group on just about every page you stumble on Facebook may backfire someday and you’ll wish you hadn’t “liked” it at all. TrendLabsSM engineers found a dubious Facebook page that uses JavaScript code to spam (continue reading...) Read more
May 12, 2010 - I hate to single out individual countries, organizations, ISPs, or any other entity but I have to tell you—my head almost explodes when I run into barriers in trying to (continue reading...) Read more
May 12, 2010 - A new spam campaign has been discovered spoofing job-application-related emails. While most spammed messages have been known to take advantage of a specific occasion, a holiday, or even a currently newsworthy item, spammers have hit a new low with this (continue reading...) Read more
May 11, 2010 - Microsoft released two critical security advisories as part of its May Patch Tuesday. In addition to the advanced notification it released last Thursday, Microsoft has addressed the vulnerabilities with this batch of patches. MS10-030 deals with (continue reading...) Read more
May 11, 2010 - Vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer (IE) have been well-documented in the past due to the browser’s popularity among users. However, the rise in the use of alternative browsers, particularly Apple Safari and (continue reading...) Read more
May 10, 2010 - TrendLabsSM engineers recently spotted a new worm leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) applications similar to the threat that displays copyright violation warnings. The new worm detected by Trend Micro as WORM_PITUPI.K solves the typical problem that P2P worms face, that is, (continue reading...) Read more
May 10, 2010 - Promises of freebies and other enticing promos are just a few of the tricks cybercriminals use to lure users to their profiteering schemes. TrendLabsSM engineers recently discovered suspicious-looking emails pretending to come from the iTunes Store. The spoofed email tells users they won a (continue reading...) Read more
May 10, 2010 - TrendLabsSM engineers noted an increase in the number of fake pharma ads spam in the past few days. As in previous cases, this slew of spam features professional-looking images to persuade users to purchase the “medicines” scammers are peddling online. (continue reading...) Read more
May 9, 2010 - Coming May 11, Tuesday, Microsoft will be releasing its monthly patch updates, and last Thursday, the company released an advance notification in its Microsoft TechNet site for the updates. Note that these advanced notifications aim (continue reading...) Read more
May 9, 2010 - HijackThis is a free tool Trend Micro offers as a courtesy to end users—customers and non-customers alike. It helps users evaluate their machines for possible infections by generating in-depth log reports for Windows operated systems. It also incorporates several (continue reading...) Read more
May 8, 2010 - With the 2010 FIFA World Cup less than two months away, cybercriminals (as expected) are banking on this prestigious international football event to trick users. TrendLabsSM spotted the latest threat involving this, and it came in the form of an (continue reading...) Read more
May 7, 2010 - The only thing worse than receiving a spammed greeting card is a one that comes with malware. TrendLabs SM senior advanced threats researcher Loucif Kharouni recently acquired a sample spam in the form of an online greeting card. The said (continue reading...) Read more