Over the past month we’ve been investigating several high-volume spam runs that sent users to websites compromised with the Black Hole exploit kit. Some of the spam runs that were part of this investigation used the name of Facebook, and US Airways. Other spam runs involved LinkedIn, as well as USPS. The most recent campaign…
Read MoreMobile security researchers reported the emergence of an Android malware called Tigerbot. The said malware is actually an app called Spyera, which we detect as ANDROIDOS_TIGERBOT.EVL. The said app was found in third party Chinese app stores. We tried to analyze this app to check if it is indeed malicious. Below are our findings: Installation…
Read MoreToday, Trend Micro is proud to announce that we are taking part in Facebook’s new security initiative to help protect its more than 900 million users against the wide variety of threats that target users of the world’s most popular social network. As part of this initiative: Facebook and Trend Micro will work together to…
Read MoreClutter is something that appears harmless in small amounts, but can be a hassle if it accumulates. That’s why it’s a good idea to devote time into clearing it out – not just from our houses and living spaces, but also from our digital lives. Doing so not only improves our overall image, it also…
Read MoreI presented Trend Micro’s Threat Research groups observations on Tuesday (24 April 2012) at Usenix LEET 2012 in San Jose, California. This was an invited industry position paper, so it was not a difficult task for me to collect several observations from my team which reflect significant developments in the current threat landscape, submit a…
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