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Orkut Users Targeted in Malware Campaign

  • Posted on:February 13, 2009 at 10:48 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Maydalene Salvador (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
1

Orkut is a Google-owned social networking service with most users located in Brazil and India. It recently ranked 21st in Compete.com’s top 25 social networking sites, with more than 5 million monthly visits in January of 2009. Now, much like the other social networking sites in the said list, Orkut is now also being used…

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Tags: OrkutSpam

Microsoft and Trend Micro Logos Used in Spam

  • Posted on:January 12, 2009 at 1:18 am
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Author:
    Maria Alarcon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
2

Please be wary of e-mail messages supposed to be coming from Microsoft and using the Trend Micro logo in an attempt to look legitimate. The following sample spammed message, which seems to be targeting Latin American users, leads users to malware: Figure 1. Sample spam. The message roughly translates to: Hello Sir, it was found…

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Tags: BANKERfake Trend Micro productMicrosoft

SMS Spam? Not Quite

  • Posted on:October 23, 2008 at 9:01 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Bernadette Irinco (Technical Communications)
0

If there’s one thing that security experts and spammers share in common, it’s that they both think outside the box. Time and time again, we see spammers come up with new techniques or even recycle old tactics just to effectively lure users. And this is no exception… Trend Micro Advanced Threats Researcher Loucif Kharouni discovered…

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Tags: Malwaremobile devicesSMS spam

Warning: Spam With Trend Micro Logo Delivers Trojan

  • Posted on:September 29, 2008 at 7:49 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Eduardo Godinho (Threats Analyst)
3

While not as massive as earlier Web attacks that have used similar social engineering techniques, a new spamming operation has malware criminals using the logo of Trend Micro to lure unsuspecting Web users to “Trojanize” themselves. Here’s a screenshot of a bogus email message that potential victims in Brazil have been receiving in the past…

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Tags: MalwarepiggybackPortugese spamSpamTrend Micro logo

Picture-Perfect Phishing

  • Posted on:August 17, 2008 at 9:44 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Mobile
  • Author:
    Aivee Cortez (Fraud Analyst)
1

Oi Fotos, a photo storage Web site in Brazil, has been victimized recently by a phishing-spyware combo. Figure 1: Screenshot of the legitimate Oi Fotos Web site The bad guys have taken advantage of the mobile service of Oi Fotos. The phishing email contains a notification that the recipient has received photos from a cellular…

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Tags: BrazilOi Fotos
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