BREDOLAB Revealed!

When BREDOLAB entered the threat landscape several months ago, it was initially thought of as a common downloader (that downloads executable files) designed for malware infection only. However, Trend Micro researchers noticed a sudden increase in its activities by August 2009. This made our researchers delved more on the inner workings and behaviors of [...]

Christmas Spam Spotted

With Christmas just right around the corner, spammers are already flooding users’ inboxes with unwanted emails. No surprises there. Spammers are known to exploit the holidays for its malicious activities. Just recently, Trend Micro threat analysts found another spammed messages that claimed to be a ‘replication specialist’ and entice users to buy replica products [...]

Microsoft: Vista Infected 62% Less Often Than XP

Windows Vista is dramatically more secure than Windows XP, according Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report, released Monday. The infection rate of Windows Vista SP1 was 61.9 percent less than Windows XP SP3, the company said.

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Malware Conceals Itself as Boss’s Letter

Trend Micro threat analysts found spammed messages that pretend to be a letter coming from the “boss”. It bears the subject “get back to my office for more details” and instructs users to read the attached ZIP file, which contains a letter. The ZIP attachment is, of course, not a letter but an .EXE file [...]