We often associate Halloween with pumpkins and costumes but for cybercriminals it’s merely another avenue to exploit, steal, and trick users into giving away their personal identities. Treats are fun but we all need to be on the lookout for the sneaky and tricky ways cybercriminals slither into our computers.  Below are the TrendLabs, top 7 scariest threats that might be knocking on your door: Tailor-made ZBOT spam makes its way to employees’ mailboxes The Zeus botnet is well-known for e-banking attacks that ...

Trend Micro researchers found over 200 email samples that spamvertised male sexual enhancement pills. These bore subjects like “Re: Go wild in bedroom,” "Re: Let your lever straight up," and “Re: Be her concrete-rod satisfier” and contains a URL that points to all-too-familiar Canadian pharmacy websites. While spammed messages that lead to Canadian pharma sites are not new, there are notable things in this particular spam run. For one, it employed random messages in the email content to avoid ...

Trend Micro threat analysts found several phishing sites registered in China that target specific people or companies. The said email can customize phishing URLs using the names of intended recipients via a technique called “spear phishing.” Spear phishing has been used by cybercriminals before in attacks that involved specific targets. In the previous post, “So Is It Twitter or Facebook?,” for instance, cybercriminals exploited Twitter’s direct message function to inform users that their pictures were seen on another website, the link to which is ...

In this most recent spam campaign, our spam traps caught an uncanny combination of a CapitalOne phish and a ZBOT variant. Below is a screenshot of an email sample making the rounds: The spam campaign would have you believe that you would need to install a Digital Certificate in order to use CapitalOne’s website. Clicking on the email link brings you to the following site: This is the phishing part. After filling in the required login information, the ...

Holidays are spammers’ favorite times of the year. After all, these give them additional opportunities to lure more victims to their specially crafted scams apart from a theme to focus on. As one of the most celebrated holidays across the globe, it is not surprising that Halloween, which is barely a week away, has been creating a buzz. Trend Micro threat analysts got wind of Halloween-related spam samples (see the sample on the right). These offered readers promising opportunities to earn ...