Besides the fake Facebook Profile Viewer ruse, we found another Facebook scam that lures users into downloading a fake Adobe Flash Player plugin. We noticed countless feeds pointing to a Facebook page with more than 90 million "likes". For some, this huge number of Facebook likes may be enough for them to check the page out. It also means that the page is quite popular and may lead users into thinking that it is legitimate and harmless.
Figure 1. Spammed Facebook ...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opened up the filing season on January 30, 2013 to help taxpayers prepare for the looming April 15 tax deadline. April 15 or colloquially known as Tax Day is when individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. Typical of cybercriminals, they have also prepared their own tax-related scams for taxpayers with scams that aren't a far cry from the usual attempts.
Tax-themed attacks usually arrive in the form of spammed messages claiming to be from the IRS or other government-related ...
At the recently held RSA Conference 2013, the new CA Security Council (CASC) was launched, with Trend Micro as one of the seven charter members of this grouping of certificate authorities (CAs). What is the CASC, and what do we hope to achieve by joining CASC?
The CA/Browser Forum and CASC's Role
Trend Micro has been involved in the SSL business since it acquired AffirmTrust in August 2011. Why was the CASC formed when there are already existing groups like the CA/Browser ...
The market capitalization of the Bitcoin ecosystem crossed 1 billion US dollars recently. As the value of the each Bitcoin nears 100 US dollars, many have begun to take notice.
One likely source of this sudden interest is the Cypriot banking crisis. As depositors scramble to hedge their investments, the steadily growing notoriety of bitcoin raises some interesting opportunities. The two most alluring aspects that make the Bitcoin economy unique are the concept of mining and, interestingly enough, the automatic limits ...
Facebook's enduring popularity means that cybercriminals find it a tempting lure for their malicious misdeeds. A newly-spotted phishing scam is no exception.
We came across a malware sample, which we detected as TSPY_MINOCDO.A. The goal is to redirect users who visit Facebook to a spoofed page, which claims to be a part of the social networking website's security check feature, even sporting the tagline “Security checks help keep Facebook trustworthy and free of spam”.
It does this by redirecting all traffic to facebook.com and www.facebook.com ...
