The conclusion of the recent holiday season didn’t stop cybercriminals from creating new spoofed promos to distribute malware, of course. Very much similar to the social-engineering campaign that used McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, yet another spam run that distributes malware was recently found by Trend Micro researchers. Popular brands such as IKEA, Jack Daniel’s, and British…
Read MoreAdvanced Threats Researcher Paul Ferguson alerted us today to a report that Amazon.com and Samsung have informed their consumers regarding the discovery of a Sality worm on the product’s installer disc (Samsung Frame Manager XP version 1.08). The infected installer disc is needed to use their product, the Samsung SPF-85H 8-Inch Digital Photo Frames w/…
Read MoreSeems like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola are cybercriminals’ promoters of choice this season–two spoofed emails that claim to be from both of the highly popular brands were recently found by the Trend Micro Content Security Team. Each message trumpets a Christmas promotion, and instructs the recipient to open the attached coupon contained in a .ZIP file….
Read MorePhishers always think out of the box, thinking of ways to fool victims into falling for their phishing schemes. Now, from targeting financial institutions and banks, we’ve found a new twist – one that involves the popular fast-food chain McDonald’s. The phishing page displays a fake Member Satisfaction Survey, and for the customer to take…
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