April 13, 2010 - In recent years, the music and movie industries have become more aggressive in suing users accused of illegally sharing content. Large-scale mass lawsuits, previously used largely in Britain and Germany, have now made their way to the U.S. shores. Given (continue reading...) Read more
April 12, 2010 - Does this warning message look familiar? This new rogue antivirus is detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_FAKEAV.BUH. Ever since FAKEAV malware began making itself look as realistic as possible, its (continue reading...) Read more
April 12, 2010 - The most high-profile vulnerabilities tend to target either commonly used applications such as Adobe Acrobat and Flash Player or Windows itself, but in an attack which demonstrates that criminals are becoming ever more targeted, a vulnerability (continue reading...) Read more
April 11, 2010 - Mass compromises have not been in the news of late but a new wave recently hit the headlines. According to news reports, users running the popular blogging platform WordPress have been hit (continue reading...) Read more
April 8, 2010 - You might be wondering what this illustration is all about. Well, if you have heard or read about botnets, spam, and pay-per-install (PPI) techniques, you may realize that these three elements are (continue reading...) Read more
April 7, 2010 - TrandLabs engineers recently discovered that cybercriminals now use shortened URLs to spam malware via instant-messaging (IM) applications like Yahoo! Instant Messenger and MSN. As we all know, URL-shortening services are used to compress long and unreadable URLs into short, bite-sized (continue reading...) Read more
April 7, 2010 - TrendLabs engineers noted a recent malicious scheme that attempts to spoof an Adobe update but is actually a Trojan variant detected as TROJ_FAYKDOBE.A. This malware bears identical icons and version details to an (continue reading...) Read more
April 6, 2010 - A year after the much-hyped April 1st D-day for DOWNAD/Conficker, the world can only hope that it has heard the last of the notorious network worm. As we have seen, DOWNAD variants have effectively (continue reading...) Read more
March 31, 2010 - In the past week, TrendLabs noticed a significant growth in the number of file infectors in the wild, particularly in Latin America. A significant increase in PE_SALITY.BA cases was particularly spotted in the region. A rise in VIRUX variants, (continue reading...) Read more
March 31, 2010 - “2010 Pwn2Own” is an annual contest wherein contestants are invited to hack a variety of Web applications and platforms such as Web browsers and mobile phones for cash prizes and benefits. Successful hackers include Dutch hacker Peter Vreugdenhil for (continue reading...) Read more
March 30, 2010 - Apple Fixes Several Bugs Releasing one of its biggest Mac OS X security updates, Apple fixes 88 vulnerabilities with Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3. The update addresses critical issues that can lead to arbitrary code execution, information (continue reading...) Read more
March 30, 2010 - It seems that cybercriminals use every bit of news or information worthy of public interest to spread FAKEAV malware. This time around, FAKEAV binaries are being delivered via news about the recently concluded “2010 Kids’ Choice Awards.” The following keywords (continue reading...) Read more
March 29, 2010 - News of a twin bombing attack in Russia shocked the world on Monday morning as two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in Moscow subway stations. According to news reports, the attacks killed at least 38 and wounded more than (continue reading...) Read more
March 28, 2010 - TrendLabs received sample spammed messages claiming to be lawsuit notices. The messages informed recipients of a copyright infringement lawsuit that has been filed against them. The email supposedly came from legitimate law firms such as Marcus Law Center and Crosby (continue reading...) Read more
March 26, 2010 - Yesterday, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook the Philippine capital, causing a bit of concern among its inhabitants and their relatives from the rest of the country and abroad. As such, many tuned in to the Web for the latest news and (continue reading...) Read more
March 25, 2010 - TrendLabs senior advance threat researcher Ivan Macalintal found spammed messages claiming to come from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The email message warns recipients of either under-reporting, or not reporting, their incomes in line with the tax season (April). It (continue reading...) Read more
March 25, 2010 - Trend Micro senior advanced threats researcher Paul Ferguson received a spam claiming to be from the Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo, which is coordinating “Expo 2010,” from a technology news group journalist who actually received it. (continue reading...) Read more
March 25, 2010 - Cybercriminals—spammers, to be specific—typically hide their malicious intent behind well-known company names. Just recently, TrendLabs engineers encountered a spammed message claiming to be from the Apple Store. The email message encouraged (continue reading...) Read more
March 24, 2010 - Recent news of a swimsuit mishap involving a popular Philippine TV personality, Anne Curtis, spread like wildfire when members of the press captured the said incident and circulated supposed videos over the Web. The incident happened last Sunday while the (continue reading...) Read more
March 24, 2010 - Advanced threats researcher Ivan Macalintal spotted a fresh wave of spammed messages that were used to spread another ZBOT variant of the infamous ZeuS botnet. These messages warned users that a “jerk” posted photos of them and contained a link (continue reading...) Read more