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…
Read MoreFirst 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…
Read MoreTreasury 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,…
Read MoreWe’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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