February has already begun, which means Valentine’s Day is close at hand. As usual, spammers will definitely hype up their malicious activities. It is only the first day of the so-called “love month” but we have already seen at least two spam samples leveraging one of the most-celebrated special occasions when people flock to websites…
Read MoreMaria Alarcon
Anti-spam Research Engineer
Trend Micro threat analysts found spammed messages that pretended to be a letter coming from the “boss.” The messages bore the subject “get back to my office for more details” and instructed users to extract and read the letter contained in the attached .ZIP file. The attachment, of course, does not contain a letter but an .EXE file…
Read MoreA new spam campaign that purports to be from Facebook is making rounds today. It bears the subject, “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation,” and informs users that their passwords have been changed for security purposes. It then asks them to open the attached .ZIP file that supposedly contains their new passwords, which in actual fact is…
Read MoreSeptember signals the onset of holidays and as early as this month, spammers are already gearing up for the said season as they “spamvertise” their products. Just recently, Trend Micro discovered several spammed messages that used “Christmas” as its subject. The said spam email entices users to avail the “best gift” for their loved ones…
Read MoreToday we have noticed an increase in the amount of dating spam mails containing phrases such as: I’m emailing you because I like you wanted to let you know about my profile you have been invited to join The link in the spam points to an adult-dating web page that contains pictures of a woman,…
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