Ancient Chinese belief has it that a lunar eclipse occurs because a great dragon swallowed the moon. People must therefore beat their mirrors (which represented the said celestial body) because doing so will cause the dragon to cough the moon out and return it to the sky. In the age of Web threats, a lunar…
Read MoreAfter Ron Paul, spam writers are now campaigning for Hilary Clinton. The spammed emails inform readers of the presidentiable’s visit to the state of Virginia, and entice users to download a video of the event. However, clicking on the link shows no video, but rather downloads a malware possessing the capability to turn a system…
Read MoreThe not-so private lives of celebrities: there’s one topic that will surely rouse chatter and gossip… and may also bring malware into systems. Britney Spears, the news more than the person herself, is being used by malware authors in their activities. With news zooming in on her recent hospitalization, email messages with a link that…
Read MoreMalicious intent may be involved as malware authors use the Brazilian telecom carrier TIM in their latest scam to deliver malware. Trend Micro researchers have come across the following site, supposedly from the telecom company: http://{BLOCKED}rfilho.sites.uol.com.br/___http://www.tim.com.br/downloads/MMS/VideoMensagens/VideoMensagem.html The site invites the user to see a video clip sent to him/her by the video message service offered…
Read MoreNo, that’s not me… I am a Senior Antivirus Researcher, while the David Sancho in the above screencap is a young Spanish actor with the same name. He has this cute promo page that has a gallery of his pictures and performances. Amazingly, the page was first compromised and iFramed as early as November 2007….
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