Asking for help in Windows could lead to more trouble. A newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) leverages the ability of a Visual Basic script to invoke an .HLP (Windows Help file format) file, which could give a remote attacker the ability to run arbitrary code on an affected system. Visual Basic uses the…
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Technical Communications
After the earthquake that hit Haiti last January 12, the Internet was flooded with requests for financial donations from all sorts of companies and organizations. It should be noted that not all of these were true to their stated intentions. Martin Roesler, Trend Micro Director of Threat Research, warns Internet users to be very careful…
Read MoreAside from Gumblar, another incident of mass compromised web sites have been seen in the wild lately, and has raised as much concern as the former. This one starts with the same technique: a malicious IFRAME unknowingly embedded in a legitimate website, injected via JavaScript. The said IFRAME redirects to another IFRAME, which in turn…
Read MoreGumblar.{BLOCKED}, the domain to which visitors of reported compromised websites were directed to was taken down, only to be replaced by a new one: Martuz.{BLOCKED}. In an attack which quickly garnered much attention in the security industry, visiting compromised websites were found to redirect the user to Martuz.{BLOCKED}, which leads to a download of a…
Read MoreFake/rogue antivirus strikes again, this time targeting the users in Brazil. Like in today’s malware trends, it did not come alone. It initially starts with a spam message: SUBJECT: Hello, I am sending you my invitation to the graduation location, date and time BODY: Hello, I am sending you my invitation to the graduation location,…
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