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10 Threats from 2010 We’d Prefer Remain History

January 1, 2011 – 3:32 pm

By Andrew Brandt With 2010 finally behind us, and an unknown number of cyberattacks likely to come in the new year, I thought I’d run down a brief list of the malicious campaigns criminals pulled off last year that I’d really dread to see anyone repeat. Now that they’re in the past, they should stay [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Enterprises, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Firefox, Phishing Trojans, Keyloggers, Rogue Security Products, Gaming threats, social networks, social engineering, Passwords, Online shopping threats, spam, phishing, Blackhat SEO, Destructive behavior, Trojans, Website owners, Internet Explorer, Backdoors, Botnet activity | Tags: .cc, .in, Adobe updater, Aurora, BHSEO, black hat SEO, ccTLD, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Exploit-PDF, Fake PDF, Firefox, Firefox update, Flash update, India, Koobface, Oficla, Operation Aurora, rogue antivirus, Rogue Security Products, Sasfis, SEO, Stuxnet, Tacticlol, Trojan-Downloader-Tacticlol, Windows Update | Comments (1)

Fake Amazon.com Order Emails Bring a Trojany “Friend”

May 17, 2010 – 4:37 pm

By Andrew Brandt An ongoing campaign where malware distributors use email spam to deliver dangerous programs to unwitting victims has begun to change its tune, switching the scam to incorporate different brands. In the latest scam, the message appears to be an order confirmation from Amazon.com for the purchase of an expensive consumer electronics item, [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Destructive behavior, Downloaders, social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: Amazon.com, itunes, Oficla, Pushdo, Pushu, Sasfis, shipping confirmation, Sony Bravia S8056, Tacticlol, Trojan-Backdoor-Zbot, Trojan-Downloader-Tacticlol, Trojan-Pushu, Zbot | Comments (7)

Trojan Masquerades as iTunes Gift or Résumé

May 12, 2010 – 10:06 am

By Andrew Brandt If you received one or more email messages over the past week that claim to contain an attached gift certificate for the Apple iTunes store or an unsolicited résumé, you probably received the latest scam involving the Tacticlol downloader. The iTunes-themed spam messages use the forged return address of gifts.certificate@itunes.com and read, [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, spam | Tags: Cutwail, Pushdo, Trojan-Pushu, Tacticlol, Oficla, Sasfis, You have received an iTunes Gift Certificate in the amount of $50.00. You can find your certificate code in the attachment below, Please review my CV, Thank you!, iTunes Gift Certificate, UPS_invoice_####.exe, DHL_label_nr###.exe, Resume_document_###.exe, iTunes_certificate_###.exe, c99 madShell v. 3.0 Blog edition, c99madShell, gifts.certificate@itunes.com | Comments (2)

Getting a “Conract” Doesn’t Make You a Rock Star

April 30, 2010 – 2:01 pm

By Andrew Brandt If you’re a rock-and-roll star, anticipating the imminent arrival of a new recording contract from your lawyer, you can stop reading this post. If you’re not, I’m sorry to be the one to tell you, it was not your hours of practice playing Rock Band, or singing in the shower, that attracted [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, social engineering, Destructive behavior | Tags: Pushu, Pushdo, Trojan-Pushu, Tacticlol, Our lawyers made alterations on the last page, we are ready to make the payment on Friday for the first consignment, We are enclosing the file with the prepared contract, Trojan-Downloader-Tacticlol, Oficla, Sasfis, Fregee, Losabel | Comments (4)

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