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Christmas-Themed Malware Starts to Jingle All the Way

07

Dec

2012

Once again cybercriminals take advantage of the Holidays in what seem like a targeted attack against businesses and government organizations. We spotted samples that bore the filename, PROPOSED CHRISTMAS PARTY 2012.doc. Trend Micro detects this as TROJ_ARTIEF.RTN. When executed, this malware drops a file (temp.doc) that acts as decoy to trick recipients into thinking this […]

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Phishing for Apple IDs

08

Oct

2012

The Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected a phishing campaign whose potential victims are holders of an Apple ID account. An Apple ID allows you to buy new apps, make a customer workshop reservation at an Apple Retail Store, or buy music and multimedia content from the iTunes Store. You can also buy applications for Mac OS X as well as […]

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When less is more: the growing impact of low-volume email attacks

05

Oct

2012

Here at Websense® Security Labs, we often blog about big malicious campaigns and how our products protect our customers from them. But what about smaller campaigns that are no less dangerous? Broad campaigns often spoof notifications from well-known businesses, establishments, organizations, and agencies, and are very widespread these days. However, smaller volume campaigns sometimes can be as (or even more) dangerous by […]

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