E-cards Used to Advertise Adult Dating Site

The misuse of legitimate services continue as after recent reports of cybercriminals exploitng the redirecting service TinyURL to slip past spam filters, legitimate e-card services are now being used. We have received email samples that arrive as ecards with the subject header “Regards From Secret Admirer”. The greeting cards were from Regards.com, the web’s [...]

Data-for-ransom Syndicates Strike Online

How much is your data worth? A great deal, perhaps, for most of us. Naturally, cybercriminals keep coming up with new ways to exploit this. The new attack? Taking a page out of offline criminal syndicates, now your data is being held for ransom–literally. This latest bit of malware, detected by Trend Micro as [...]

Smarter Advertising–Or Is It?

Mobile technology is mainstream now. Just as radio, television and desktop computers have become integral parts of the normal household, mobile devices such as cellphones, MP3 players and laptops have also become essential tools in our day-to-day functions. Today, the capabilities of these devices are increasingly becoming so advanced that they can even tell [...]