FIFA World Cup themed malware campaign spreads malicious PDF files

Researchers from Symantec are reporting on an ongoing targeted malware campaign using a FIFA World Cup 2010 theme, in an attempt to trick end users into executing a malicious PDF file, exploiting a recently patched flaw in Adobe Reader.

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Another Earthquake, Another FAKEAV

Yesterday, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook the Philippine capital, causing a bit of concern among its inhabitants and their relatives from the rest of the country and abroad. As such, many tuned in to the Web for the latest news and updates on this incident. As expected, cybercriminals were one of the first in line [...]

New Fake IRS Email Notice Leads to ZBOT

TrendLabs senior advance threat researcher Ivan Macalintal found spammed messages claiming to come from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The email message warns recipients of either under-reporting, or not reporting, their incomes in line with the tax season (April). It asks users to click the embedded link to correct the supposed errors.

Once clicked, [...]