Posts Tagged ‘legitimate companies’

Ocker Funeral Homes Warns of Spam Campaign Abusing Its Name

Jan

2014

Cybercriminals are still trying to distribute malware with the aid of fake funeral announcements that leverage the names of legitimate companies. The Ocker-Putman Funeral Homes in Arkansas has published an alert on its website to warn users of the spam campaign. If you have received an E Mail concerning the A…

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Backdoor.Korplug: Loading Malicious Components Through Trusted Applications

Jul

2012

Symantec is observing limited targeted attacks using a new backdoor Trojan, Backdoor.Korplug. This backdoor surfaced earlier this year in March 2012. In these attacks, the targets are sent a crafted email containing a malicious attachment, typically in the form of a password protected zip file containing a malicious executable or in the form of an […]

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Phishers Bank on Tax Season

Feb

2012

With the U.S. currently in tax season, online criminals have, once again, sought to take advantage of this. Robert Stetson, one of our malware researchers, spotted a phishing email posing as Intuit Inc., a company that “develops financial and tax preparation software”. They developed Quicken and TurboTax. Below is a screenshot of the said email: […]

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