Posts Tagged ‘unsuspecting victims’

How easily USteal my passwords

May

2013

Bundling malware and legitimate software on unofficial download websites is an effective way of tricking users into running malicious files. We often see keygens, hacktools and game trainers bundled with trojans and posted on forums or as comments under videos. I recently analyzed a file that claimed to be a game tool used for customizing Dota2, […]

Category General Written by Microsoft Malware Protection Center 0 Comments

Pikspam: An SMS Spam Botnet

Dec

2012

The recent discovery of an Android SMS spam botnet by Cloudmark, which is detected by Symantec as Android.Pikspam, has gained media attention. While delivering spam by botnets is nothing new, mobile technology has opened up new attack vectors to cybercriminals who are using the proven attack techniques of social engineering and spam with success on […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

Shakira Video Malware: Her Scripts Don’t Lie

Oct

2012

I’m not entirely sure which accident the below “Shakira video” refers to (probably not the fake aeroplane death or being chomped by a sea lion), but here’s some advice – don’t bother downloading this file from wherever or whenever you are, lest the beautiful liars behind this scam get underneath your clothes (or possibly skin) […]

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