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…
Read MorePlease 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…
Read MoreIf 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…
Read MoreWhile 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…
Read MoreOi 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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