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Home   »   Archives for August 2008

Invoice Spam Shifts to Western Union

  • Posted on:August 30, 2008 at 8:10 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Aljerro Gabon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
2

Here we go again — another invoice spam run! Apparently, invoice spam has recently gained popularity among spammers. We’ve seen invoice spam runs related to UPS, FedEx, and of course, German-language Rechnung spam receipts. Now, this new invoice spam claims to come from Western Union, informing recipients that their credit card-issuing bank has halted the…

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Tags: Western Union

Out-of-This-World Malware

  • Posted on:August 30, 2008 at 5:58 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Reuben Mercado (Technical Communications)
0

First animal in space: 1957 First human in space: 1961 First malware in space: 2008? Malware detected by Trend Micro as WORM_AUTORUN.BPN has boldly gone where no malware has gone before — outer space. But perhaps not even. It was all over the news that the malware, which also steals sensitive information from certain online…

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Tags: NASAonline gamesspacespacewarespywarevirus

‘Treasury Optimizer’ Updates Systems With Malware

  • Posted on:August 30, 2008 at 5:32 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Mobile
  • Author:
    Aivee Cortez (Fraud Analyst)
0

Treasury Optimizer is an online banking tool offered by Capital One Bank which aims to provide secure access to business accounts on the Web, 24/7. Posed to replace electronic money or more popularly known as eCash, it offers to protect customers’ accounts through security features such as multifactor authentication. Unfortunately, their security offerings come short,…

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Tags: CapitalOneTreasury Optimizer

Paris Hilton Hits the Rogue AV Scene

  • Posted on:August 29, 2008 at 2:44 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Macky Cruz (Technical Communications)
0

What is it with Paris Hilton these days? Just this week we’ve seen several pictures of the celebrity in a spam run that is yet again pushing rogue AV. Although we’re quite familiar with the social engineering technique involved in name-dropping celebrities in order to pique more interest (and therefore hits), the last celebrity we’ve…

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Tags: Barack ObamaJohn McCainParis Hiltonrogue AV

Spammed SWF URLs Abuse ImageShack, Lead to Rogue AV

  • Posted on:August 28, 2008 at 9:20 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Joey Costoya
1

We’re seeing a lot of spam right now using the now annoyingly familiar Free Update Windows XP,Vista spam template. This time though, instead of linking to an .EXE file, it is now pointing to an .SWF file. Figure 1. Seen before: Spam announcing a free update for Windows XP and Vista The SWF file linked…

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Tags: AVXP2008
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