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Beware, Twitter enthusiasts! Spam posing as Twitter email notifications are currently proliferating in the wild. The spam are of two types—the first type attempts to steal personal information or login credentials while the second attempts to infect systems with malware. A legitimate Twitter notification email looks like this: It usually begins with “Hi, *name [...] .PDF files—or their inherent features—have been used by cybercriminals in some of the most noteworthy attacks we have encountered. Modified versions of this file type have been especially notorious these past few months since they are capable of attacking user systems by initially exploiting inherent vulnerabilities found in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. TrendLabsSM has [...] Last week a flawed DAT file from McAfee led to false positives crashing Windows XP systems and leading to a massive cleanup effort. It would be very easy to simply point the finger at McAfee, terminate the employment of a scapegoat security engineer or two, and continue on with the status quo, however the [...] .PDF files—or its inherent features—have been used by cybercriminals in some of the most noteworthy attacks we have encountered. Modified versions of this file type have been especially notorious these past few months since they are capable of attacking user systems by initially exploiting inherent vulnerabilities found in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. TrendLabs has documented [...] ZeuS/ZBOT is best known for its information-stealing routines via the use of configuration files downloaded from their home sites. They are created using toolkits that allow remote control of the malware. Getting them to infect target systems is the tricky part. Cybercriminals have thus tried utilizing drive-by downloads, spammed messages, worm propagation, and many more [...] |
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