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. The fake Web portal asks users to enter their surname, shareholder reference number, postal code, telephone number, date of birth, and employer. After entering the said information, the page will redirect them to another login page that requires them to enter their account information—first name, middle name, last name, address, city, ...

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 the URL, it points them to a spoofed Facebook website where they are required to input their password only as their email address has been automatically filled up.   Once the users hit the “Login” button, it will redirect them to another ...

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 ...

Trend Micro warns users of the latest spam campaign that targets US taxpayers with Foreign Bank and Financial accounts. The said spam rides on the September 23 extended deadline set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for filing ‘FBAR’ or the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. The spammed message bears the subject “Notice of Underreported Income” and lures users to click the link that supposedly contains the tax statement. Users who click the URL are led to a ...