Early this month, we reported about a technique used by an Android malware detected as ANDROIDOS_BOTPANDA.A, which involved modifications to the affected device that make the malware hard to remove. To help affected users, we’ve released a special tool that reverts modifications done by ANDROIDOS_BOTPANDA.A, and ultimately removes the said malware from the system. The…
Read MoreLast week, we talked about how users can improve their passwords. However, there’s a reason why we’ve been talking about password security and best practices for some time, but we’re still seeing problems with passwords today. Simply put, good password security is hard. Password security has always been a tradeoff between what people can remember…
Read MoreCybercriminals are known opportunists. They will take advantage of anything newsworthy and craft their schemes around (for example) sporting events like FIFA and the Olympics. As the London 2012 Olympics opening event draws near, we can expect a surge of spammed messages that leverage this event. Below are some spammed messages we’ve spotted using the…
Read MoreThe ongoing 2012 UEFA European Championship is the latest sporting event used by cybercriminals to lure users into their malicious schemes. So far, we have uncovered a malicious site with a domain name that copies the official UEFA Euro 2012 site and web pages leading to survey scam pages and ad tracking sites. Malicious Domain…
Read MoreLast June 13, Microsoft released its security update for Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2699988) (CVE-2012-1875), which is exploited by a malware detected by Trend Micro as JS_DLOADER.SMGA. The attack code for this vulnerability has also been made public. There are few cases where that attack code is released simultaneously with Microsoft’s security update….
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