Fake Zbot Site Poses as CDC H1N1 Flu Vaccine Info

December 1, 2009 – 1:40 pm

By Andrew Brandt The newest victim of the faux-Web-sites-posing-as-government-pages scam is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the same vein as fake pages supposedly hosted on the Web servers of the IRS, FDIC, and other organizations, we’re seeing a new scam to infect computers with Trojan-Phisher-Zbot that pretends to be a “Personal H1N1 [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (9)

Phishing Scheme Targets E-Payment Rule-Maker, NACHA

November 12, 2009 – 10:18 am

By Andrew Brandt Coming on the heels of similar fraud schemes that targeted victims using the names of such familiar institutions as the FDIC, IRS, and HMRC, scammers are trying to get people to infect their own computer using a different organization’s name—one that is probably unfamiliar to most people. NACHA is a not-for-profit association [...]

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Lazy Phishers Just Email the Phishing Web Page to You, Now

October 26, 2009 – 7:44 pm

By Andrew Brandt It was a particularly busy weekend for spammers, especially the creepy, evil ones who are trying to steal information (as opposed to the merely scungy pill vendors and their ilk). Webroot’s Threat Research team has recently seen a glut of phishing messages which, like most, purport to come from banks and ask you to update [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (9)

Outlook “Patch” Spam Leads to Keyloggers

October 21, 2009 – 1:25 pm

By Andrew Brandt Hot on the heels of the spam campaigns involving emails which purport to come from the IRS, HMRC, and from your IT department comes another round of fake “notification” spam emails — this time, warning users to download and install a patch for the Outlook and Outlook Express email clients. Like the [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Keyloggers, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , | Comments (13)

IRS Tax “Warning” Fraud Crosses the Pond, Targets the UK

October 14, 2009 – 12:01 am

By Andrew Brandt For several months, we’ve been seeing spam and phishing Web sites which purport to be IRS notifications of delinquent non-payment of income taxes. Who can blame the fraudsters — almost no three letter agency of the US government inspires more dread and fear than good old Internal Revenue. In the UK, the [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Keyloggers, Phishing Trojans, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , | Comments (16)
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