You may not like scammers, but you have to give them one thing: they’re a determined lot. Of course, they would keep trying again and again. Look at this phishing email that Trend Micro Advanced Threats Analyst Joey Costoya found recently: If this looks just a bit familiar, well, it should. It’s the usual 419…
Read MoreOlympic tickets, anyone? They are available on the Internet of course, but users beware: the bad guys are still working hard to steal from online users as the 2008 Beijing Olympics approaches. Trend Micro Senior Advanced Threats Researcher Paul Ferguson discovered a fake Beijing Olympics Web site supposedly selling tickets. The Los Angeles Times reports…
Read MoreStriking email subjects get the job done. Well, given another spamming operation that uses popular personalities and events, that seems to be the case. Using a variety of subject-body combinations (a lot of which are totally unrelated to each other!), these spammed messages again appeal to the curious mind, offering a link in the email…
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