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Home   »   Archives for August 2014

“Salad Words” Spam Run Exploits Unlikely Resources

  • Posted on:August 29, 2014 at 11:07 am
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Author:
    Jean Chen (Anti-Spam Research Engineer)
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We recently reported about a large spike of commercial spam that employed micro-sized salad words or random gibberish words found in the email body to bypass spam filters. The content of these messages varied from hair loss cures to car sales to retailer coupons. Most of the samples contained links to websites they themselves advertise….

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Tags: service providersSpam

New BlackPOS Malware Emerges in the Wild, Targets Retail Accounts

  • Posted on:August 29, 2014 at 12:25 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Rhena Inocencio (Threat Response Engineer)
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We recently spotted a brand new BlackPOS (point-of-sale) malware detected by Trend Micro as TSPY_MEMLOG.A.  In 2012, the source code of BlackPOS was leaked, enabling other cybercriminals and attackers to enhance its code.  What’s interesting about TSPY_MEMLOG.A is it disguises itself as an installed service of known AV vendor software to avoid being detected and consequently,…

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Tags: POS malwarePoS system

BIFROSE Now More Evasive Through Tor, Used for Targeted Attack

  • Posted on:August 28, 2014 at 5:23 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Targeted Attacks
  • Author:
    Christopher Daniel So (Threat Response Engineer)
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We recently investigated a targeted attack against a device manufacturer, and in our analysis, we found that the malware deployed into the target network is a variant of a well-known backdoor, BIFROSE. BIFROSE has been around for many years now, highly available in the cybercriminal underground, and has been used for various cybercriminal activities. One…

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Tags: APTbackdoorBIFROSEBIFROSTRemote Access ToolTargeted Attack

Cybercriminals Leverage Rumored Windows 9 Developer Preview Release With Social Engineering

  • Posted on:August 27, 2014 at 11:14 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Social
  • Author:
    Gideon Hernandez (Fraud Analyst)
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We’re seeing schemes that are taking advantage of the buzz around the upcoming developer preview release of Windows™ 9 this September. One of the threats we saw was found using some combinations of keywords like Windows 9, free, leak and download in popular search engines. It involves a potentially malicious website that offers what appears to be a free download of the yet-to-be-released Windows…

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Tags: Microsoftmicrosoft windowsscamssocial engineeringwindows 9

Mobile Security Roundup 1H 2014

  • Posted on:August 27, 2014 at 8:48 am
  • Posted in:Mobile, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Ryan Certeza (Technical Communications)
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The first half of this year has been quite eventful for the mobile threat landscape. Sure, we had an idea the state of affairs from 2013 would continue on to this year, but we didn’t know just to what extent. From ballooning mobile malware/high risk app numbers to vulnerabilities upon vulnerabilities, let’s recap just what…

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Tags: androidbitcoinemmentalHeartbleedMobilemobile securityvulnerability
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