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Tax Season Opens, Tax Spam Follows

22

Jan

2012

The IRS officially kicked off the beginning of tax season in the US, and just right in time for it are the cybercriminals who are already taking advantage and using tax-related messages as a social engineering lure.We’ve recently spotted samples of spammed messages posing as a notice from Fidelity Investments, a well-known American financial institution.The […]

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Christmas Theme for Facebook Profile Leads to Malspam

24

Dec

2011

Attacks that use the holidays as a social engineering lure are starting to pour in as the Christmas day draws near. We recently found a page on Facebook that offers a Christmas theme on one’s profile. The page leads to a malware that comes in the form of browser plugin. Once users click the Like […]

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Adobe Zero-day Vulnerability Installs Backdoor – Another Targeted Attack?

15

Dec

2011

When I read this blog entry a few days ago, the first question that entered my head was, “Is this another targeted attack?”. I took a look at the .PDF discussed in the entry and it appeared to be a document addressed to employees of a certain defense contractor. Trend Micro products detect this malicious […]

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