Autorun.inf is prevalently used by worms as an autostart technique. Through this file, the worm is able to automatically execute whenever an infected drive is accessed. Over time, users have been able to think of workarounds to manually remove the malware file while preventing it from executing. Some of these are: Using command prompt to manually [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroNew AutoRun Worms Utilize Action Key [...more]
TrendLabsSM engineers recently discovered a new Skype spam campaign. The spam arrives as a message from a user’s list of contacts. It contains a list of links with the domain {BLOCKED}4.171.116, most of which are already inactive. One of these links has been found to lead to the download of a malicious file detected by Trend [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroSpam Sends Malicious Links to Skype Users [...more]
A Twitter bot builder is currently being freely distributed on the Internet with the capability to attack users’ systems and to have some fun at the same time. It may, however, act as a threat when an attacker uses the tool to start a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) on critical systems and to download malicious [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroYour Tweet Is My Command [...more]
“Liking” a fan page or a group on just about every page you stumble on Facebook may backfire someday and you’ll wish you hadn’t “liked” it at all. TrendLabsSM engineers found a dubious Facebook page that uses JavaScript code to spam everyone in a user’s Friends list. The page called “10 lies girls ALWAYS tell guys! funny!” [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroDubious JavaScript Code Found in Facebook Application [...more]
A new spam campaign has been discovered spoofing job-application-related emails. While most spammed messages have been known to take advantage of a specific occasion, a holiday, or even a currently newsworthy item, spammers have hit a new low with this scheme. The sample in Figure 1 contains a short body text that says “Please review my [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroCV Spam Comes with a Malicious Attachment [...more]
Microsoft released two critical security advisories as part of its May Patch Tuesday. In addition to the advanced notification it released last Thursday, Microsoft has addressed the vulnerabilities with this batch of patches. MS10-030 deals with a privately reported vulnerability plaguing Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail, which can allow remote code execution if [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroMicrosoft and Adobe Release Fixes in May Patch Tuesday [...more]
Vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer (IE) have been well-documented in the past due to the browser’s popularity among users. However, the rise in the use of alternative browsers, particularly Apple Safari and Opera, has now led to the discovery of new vulnerabilities as well. Trend Micro researcher Rajiv Motwani reports that there have been a lot [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroNew Vulnerabilities Found in Apple Safari and Opera [...more]
TrendLabsSM engineers recently spotted a new worm leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) applications similar to the threat that displays copyright violation warnings. The new worm detected by Trend Micro as WORM_PITUPI.K solves the typical problem that P2P worms face, that is, hard-coded file names used to trick users by pretending to be cracks, key generators, or actual [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroPirate Worm Sails the P2P Bay [...more]
Promises of freebies and other enticing promos are just a few of the tricks cybercriminals use to lure users to their profiteering schemes. TrendLabsSM engineers recently discovered suspicious-looking emails pretending to come from the iTunes Store. The spoofed email tells users they won a gift certificate worth US$50 and encourages recipients to check out the certificate code in the [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroFake iTunes Promo Gives Away Malware [...more]
TrendLabsSM engineers noted an increase in the number of fake pharma ads spam in the past few days. As in previous cases, this slew of spam features professional-looking images to persuade users to purchase the “medicines” scammers are peddling online. Samples of these messages look like a newsletter and feature a clickable image that directs users to a malicious pharmaceutical site. Although [...]Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend MicroFake Pharma Ads Flood Inboxes Again [...more]
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