Stock spam seems to be growing no end. Most recently, stock spam came in such elaborate formats as PDF, XLS, FDF, and even highly obfuscated text that meant to make spam filters’ jobs harder. This shows that spammers are putting much effort in packaging their messages to see which ones work best. This time, however,…
Read MoreTrendLabs has received reports of a malware strain, which encrypts all files ending with the following extensions: csv doc docx mdb mpl pps ppt pptx rar rtf txt vsd vst xls xlsx zip Then it drops a ransom note named README_ASAP.TXT: Dear User, Thank you for using our service.We’ve recently inspected your system and found…
Read MoreMahou no iLand, a free home page service site, announced that their official Web site was attacked. A malicious program was injected to the said site. According to Mahou no iLand, the attack was detected last 5 July 2007 and they suspended all of their services on 17 July 2007. A similar case happened to…
Read MoreLast August 17, a zero-day exploit using a vulnerability in the Japanese compression/decompression software Lhaz ver 1.33 was discovered. While the exploit only affects users who have installed the said program and is yet to cause a widespread infection, Trend Micro advises users to take every precaution when using the application. Note that this is…
Read MoreWe’ve just received reports that the website of DaHua High School (hxxp://www.thsh.tyc.edu.tw/), a private high school in Taiwan, has been compromised. It seems that an errant IFRAME tag has made its way into the website’s initial page (default.asp) and eventually loads a malicious web page (hxxp://www.832821.cn/rrr.htm) that is completely unaffiliated with the high school. The…
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