Despite the consistent media exposure that FAKEAV malware receives, it has always been business-as-usual for the FAKEAV proponents. To find out why the notorious malware persists, Trend Micro researchers looked into three important aspects. These include: 1) social engineering techniques; 2) FAKEAV technology; and 3) the FAKEAV business itself. Social Engineering Social engineering is a [...]
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The Persistence of FAKEAV
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August 29th, 2010 | Tags: Malware | Category: Malware | Leave a comment
Over the weekend, Microsoft issued a new security advisory which covered a vulnerability in how Windows handles DLL files. The attack scenario would go this way: a vulnerable application would be used to open a file. The opened file can be a perfectly legitimate file; however the malicious file must be located in the same [...]
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New DLL Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
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August 26th, 2010 | Tags: Exploit, Malware, Security | Category: Malware | Leave a comment
A spammed message supposedly from Newegg, a popular online computer hardware/software seller has been found in the wild. It informs users that their online purchase has been charged to their Visa card. It also contains two clickable links that point to the same malicious page, an example of which is http://{BLOCKED}nthenet.net/1.html. Clicking the link leads [...]
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Blogspot Mail2Blogger Secret Email Address Used in Spam Attack
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August 25th, 2010 | Tags: Malware, SPAM | Category: Malware | Leave a comment
TrendLabs received a recent spammed message that uses fake news about the death of Hollywood celebrities and famous athletes. The spam came in two varieties: one has a .ZIP file attachment that contains the malicious file news.exe that is detected as TROJ_DLDER.AU. TROJ_DLDER.AU connects to a certain URL to, in turn, download TROJ_BREDOLAB.XY. The other [...]
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Fake Celebrity Deaths Used in Malicious Spam Run
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August 24th, 2010 | Tags: Malware, SPAM | Category: Malware | Leave a comment
Today, we saw a malware variant created with the well-known ZeuS toolkit that seems to be targeting members of the U.S. military serving overseas. Targets of this scam will receive an email with the following text: Dear Bank of America Military Bank customer: This letter is to inform you that there is an update required [...]
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ZeuS Variant Targets U.S. Military Personnel
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August 23rd, 2010 | Tags: Malware | Category: Malware | Leave a comment
