More than a year ago, Trend Micro threat researchers uncovered a network of over 900 rogue DNS (Domain Name System) servers related to the ZLOB Trojan family. We gave examples showing that these rogue DNS servers are part of click fraud and leakage of personal information. Just recently, however, we discovered that this network is…
Read MoreThere appeared a timely follow-up to the Angelina Nude Movie spam run last month just as the coveted first pictures of the so-called Brangelina’s twins (offspring of actor couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) came out in celebrity magazines. Trend Micro has just received reports of a new spam email message using the same social…
Read MoreThe Storm gang is casting its net once again, using “postcards” as bait in a recently discovered spam run, Trend Micro Senior Advanced Threats Researcher Paul Ferguson has reported. Below is a screenshot of an email sample: Clicking the link embedded in the message connects the user to any of the following domains: hxxp:// {BLOCKED}cardAdvertising.com/…
Read MoreThese days, it seems that it can happen to almost anyone — Web site compromises are really, really out of control, and virtually anyone can be victimized when proper security measures are not taken. Very recently, another government site became a victim of an SQL injection or XSS attack (possibly enabled by the site’s use…
Read MoreSkype is one of the most widely used (and wildly popular) Voice over IP (VoIP) software applications used on the Internet, so phishers occasionally attempt to profit from its popularity. And today is no different. The Trend Micro Content Security Team discovered an active Skype phishing page, and as can be seen in the screen…
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