During the first half of the year, we have seen targeted attacks leveraging the Syrian conflict and how the backdoor RAT DarkComet was used, which we documented in the following blog posts: DarkComet Surfaced in the Targeted Attacks in Syrian Conflict Fake Skype Encryption Software Cloaks DarkComet Trojan After the report that the Anonymous collective…
Read MoreIvan Macalintal
Threat Research Manager
It’s been weeks now since we’ve watched the destructive effects of Hurricane Sandy to the environment and to the folks living in affected areas. Trend Micro and the security industry have been in the lookout for scams and threats using Sandy as a social engineering ploy to infiltrate targets. During our tracking of targeted attacks…
Read MoreLast month, we posted an entry about a planned massive fraud campaign targeting various US banks. This attack was expected to use the newly-developed Gozi-Prinimalka, a malware that exhibits Gozi-like behavior. There have been rumblings in the underground that this campaign has been shelved; however, we here at Trend Micro are still actively monitoring developments…
Read MoreTrend Micro has obtained samples of malware implicated in a recent incident that forced the Israeli police department offline. According to media reports, the severity of the attack was enough for all police computers to be taken temporarily offline last Thursday. The attack began with a spammed message purporting to come from the head of…
Read MoreRecent reports have stated that a massive campaign of fraud is planned to hit various US banks. Approximately 100 cybercriminals are said to be part of this planned campaign. It is believed that this attack will be launched using newly-developed malware related to the Gozi banking Trojan, which has been called Gozi-Prinimalka. Overall, the capabilities…
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