Social Engineering Watch: Spam Leads to Canadian Pharmacy Sites

Trend Micro researchers found over 200 email samples that spamvertised male sexual enhancement pills. These bore subjects like “Re: Go wild in bedroom,” “Re: Let your lever straight up,” and “Re: Be her concrete-rod satisfier” and contains a URL that points to all-too-familiar Canadian pharmacy websites.

While spammed messages that lead to Canadian pharma sites [...]

Windows Security Software

It always makes me cringe when someone in my live chat room boasts that they are smart enough to not need any protection software on their computer. I shudder when they claim they couldn’t possibly get infected because they watch what they download. Seriously, folks… in this day and age, do you honestly think [...]

Fake Facebook Password Notification Leads to Malware

A new spam campaign that purports to be from Facebook is making rounds today. It bears the subject, “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation,” and informs users that their passwords have been changed for security purposes. It then asks them to open the attached .ZIP file that supposedly contains their new passwords, which in actual fact [...]

FDIC Spam Points to Info Stealer

Trend Micro researchers recently found spam emails fashioned to come from Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation (FDIC). The email message informs users that they should visit the “official” FDIC’s website (provided in the email) to check their Deposit Insurance Coverage.

However, clicking the URL leads users to a fake FDIC website where they are ask to [...]

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

Researchers from CA have intercepted a new ransomware variant encrypting popular file extensions (.zip; .rar; .pdf; .rtf; .txt; .jpg; .jpeg; .waw; .mp3; .db; .xls; .docx; .xlsx; .doc) and demanding a $100 for the decryption software. According to the message which replaces the desktop’s background upon execution, the files are encrypted with 256-bit AES encryption, and [...]