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Home   »   Archives for August 2009

Trojan Targets Skype Users

  • Posted on:August 30, 2009 at 11:07 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Bernadette Irinco (Technical Communications)
17

TrendLabs researchers were alerted of a newly released Proof-of-Concept (PoC) that listens and records voice calls carried out via Skype. Trend Micro detects this as TROJ_SPAYKE.C. Skype is a popular application used for making voice over IP (VoIP) calls. Upon execution, the DLL component (also detected as TROJ_SPAYKE.C) intercepts Skype traffic and hooks the send…

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Mobile Users Unfazed by Web Threats

  • Posted on:August 28, 2009 at 6:56 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Bernadette Irinco (Technical Communications)
9

Users are under the impression that mobile phones are more secure than PCs, according to the latest Trend Micro survey. A number of users are found not practicing safe browsing when using their mobile phones. The survey shows that 44% of over 1,000 respondents are lax when it comes to surfing using their mobile phones….

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Firefox Add-On Spies on Google Search Results

  • Posted on:August 28, 2009 at 6:54 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Det Caraig (Technical Communications)
37

Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of a spyware (detected as TSPY_EBOD.A) purporting to be an Adobe Flash Player update. Upon execution, the spyware creates a Firefox add-on called “Adobe Flash Player 0.2,” the installer of which uses JavaScript (detected as JS_EBOD.A) and appears to spread via forum posts.     The…

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XSS Attack Targets Chinese Social Networking Site

  • Posted on:August 28, 2009 at 6:53 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware
  • Author:
    Jonathan Leopando (Technical Communications)
1

Recently we’ve encountered a cross-site scripting attack that targeted the Chinese social networking site Renren. Fortunately for users, it was quite harmless as far as these kinds of threats go—but it could have been much, much worse. Renren users received messages from their friends with a link that pointed to a video of the Pink…

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BKDR_REFPRON in New Mass Compromise

  • Posted on:August 28, 2009 at 1:55 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Det Caraig (Technical Communications)
5

Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to another mass compromise attack affecting around 55,000 consumer-oriented sites spread throughout Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and India as of the first report. This incident is a painful reminder of the persisting risk of unprotected Web-surfing. In this particular case, the malicious scripts injected in the legitimate sites…

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