Spoofed Contract Carries Malware

Trend Micro researchers found spammed messages with a ZIP file attachment that contains a malware. It bears the subject, “Contract of Settlements” and purports to come from LSM Company. It informs users to open and check the attached file that holds a contract, which in actual is an executable file (contract_1.exe) detected by Trend [...]

Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure

It’s become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there’s something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, the victim is paying out US$40 for some bogus software, called rogue antivirus.

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