Mobile Users Unfazed by Web Threats

Users are under the impression that mobile phones are more secure than PCs, according to the latest Trend Micro survey. A number of users are found not practicing safe browsing when using their mobile phones. The survey shows that 44% of over 1,000 respondents are lax when it comes to surfing using their mobile [...]

Firefox Add-on Spies on Google Search Results

Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of a spyware (detected as TSPY_EBOD.A) purporting to be an Adobe Flash Player update. Upon execution, the spyware creates a Firefox add-on called “Adobe Flash Player 0.2,” the installer of which uses JavaScript (detected as JS_EBOD.A) and appears to spread via forum posts.

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XSS Attack Targets Chinese Social Networking Site

Recently we’ve encountered a cross-site scripting attack that targeted the Chinese social networking site Renren. Fortunately for users, it was quite harmless as far as these kinds of threats go—but it could have been much, much worse. Renren users received messages from their friends with a link that pointed to a video of the [...]