A nifty little program that Trend Micro detects as TROJ_CAPTCHAR.A disguises itself as a strip-tease game, wherein a scantily clad “Melissa” agrees to take off a little bit of her clothing. However, for her to strut her stuff, users must identify the letters hidden within a CAPTCHA. Input the letters correctly, press “go,” and “Melissa”…
Read MoreAn infections graph released by the Trend Micro Threat Analytics shows that the growth in severe malware infections grew 200% throughout 2007. See below. Severe malware place user data and credibility at risk by damaging possibly critical user and system data (which may render the system unusable or lead to irreparable data loss), compromising user…
Read MoreHow do you know if the Web site you’re visiting is legitimate or not? Given the rise of Web-based (and money-driven) attacks, an average Internet user would probably have a hard time telling. After all, hackers have gone to lengths making sure they trick as many users as possible: URL redirection, IFRAME injection, phishing…and all…
Read MoreA couple of days after a PoC exploit code for a critical flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat was discovered (which Trend Micro detects as EXPL_PIDIEF.A), TrendLabs has received reports of Trojan-downloading PDF files making rounds in email inboxes. And yes, the said malicious PDFs use the exploit code. Incidentally, Adobe has just released a…
Read MoreImitation, they say, is the best form of flattery, but surely the maker/s of this executable have more on their mind than exuding fan-hood. Skype, a hugely popular peer-to-peer VoIP application at 220 million total users worldwide, recently made the news for going offline for almost two days last August. This October, we see it…
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