People say there is no such thing as a free lunch and as we recently found out that there’s no such thing as free supper either. We recently came across a spam run that uses a nonexistent promotion from the popular fast-food chain McDonald’s that tries to convince users to execute a malicious file. The…
Read MoreNino Peloniar
Anti-spam Research Engineer
The festive holiday season is a consistent cybercrime favorite because of the sheer number of shoppers that flood online shops during this period. Every year, as the number of holiday shoppers increase, so does the number and sophistication of cybercrime attacks. Just recently, we saw a slew of spammed messages emerge, a tell-tale sign that…
Read MoreTrend Micro threat analysts received samples of spammed messages purporting to have come from mobile phone companies, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless. The email messages carry the subject, “Your credit balance is over its limits” and inform users that their credit balance is due. To be able to review the payments, users should employ the balance…
Read MoreWith Christmas just right around the corner, spammers are already flooding users’ inboxes with unwanted email. No surprises there. Spammers are known to exploit the holidays to further their malicious causes. Just recently, Trend Micro threat analysts found another spammed message that claimed to be a “replication specialist” and enticed users to buy replica products like watches,…
Read MoreAs the controversy about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi rises, spammers take advantage of the news to lure their victims to their malicious plots. The spammed mail claims to come from YouTube, but checking the domain of the sender reveals that it actually came from youtorube.com, and not from the real youtube.com. Figure 1. Notice…
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