Year-end lists are quite popular at this time of the year — here’s our own top threats in 2008. Most Prolific: Mass Compromises Attacks were targeted to a specific group of users and were targeted at popular Web sites. Diverse Web sites — entertainment, political, online shopping, social networking — were all used to spread…
Read MoreThe holidays will be a time for refreshing connections, both in the real world, and online. Sadly, a ZLOB variant is being used by cyber criminals in this recent predictable spin on the malware social networking scene. Users of Friendster, a social networking site hugely popular in Asia, may have recently received an email via…
Read MoreA significant amount of e-card spam has flooded inboxes recently, taking advantage of the upcoming holiday season. Spam mails contain holiday greetings and a short message informing users that they have received an e-card from someone. Also in the email is an embedded URL link where the recipient can view or claim their e-card. Other…
Read MoreAdvanced Threats Researcher Paul Ferguson alerted us today to a report that Amazon.com and Samsung have informed their consumers regarding the discovery of a Sality worm on the product’s installer disc (Samsung Frame Manager XP version 1.08). The infected installer disc is needed to use their product, the Samsung SPF-85H 8-Inch Digital Photo Frames w/…
Read MoreThe Trend Micro Content Security Team discovered two phishing URLs just within hours of each other that use legitimate credit unions to trick unknowing users into giving out confidential information. Here’s a screenshot of a page that spoofs the O Bee Credit Union: Figure 1. Sample phishing page. The page is hosted in the URL…
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