From a security perspective, phishing attempts are pretty much old hat. In most cases, phishing attempts or attacks focus on getting one particular credential, such as those for credit cards or user accounts. We are now seeing cybercriminals attempt to get more credentials by using phishing pages that allow for multiple email logins. Multiple Logins…
Read MoreRecently Google announced that it had changed its policy dealing with images in email. In a blog post on the official Gmail blog, Google said: [You’ll] soon see all images displayed in your messages automatically across desktop, iOS and Android. Instead of serving images directly from their original external host servers, Gmail will now serve…
Read MoreThe Gmail downtime experienced today may have caused a nasty ruckus by frustrated users, but unknown to these users is an issue bigger than not being able to access email messages. In the midst of the commotion brought about by the outage lasting only a few hours, cybercriminals managed to squeeze in an attempt to…
Read MoreTrend Micro senior developer TT Tsai discovered a sequel to the fake Trend Micro iClean tool. Our Web Threat Protection (WTP) add-on is being used as bait to download malware. An email message with content seemingly copy-pasted from the WTP page of the Trend Micro Taiwan site advertises a link (Figure 1) where a supposed…
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