Zeljka Zorz
Fake AV doorway pages in the spotlight
Fake AV has become a regular fixture of the threat landscape for quite some time now, and TrendLabs experts take a closer look at the different tactics employed on the …
Google attack objective: Source code for the single sign-on system?
The January attacks on Google and other US companies may seem to us as if they have happened ages ago, but you can be sure that they are still actively involved in the …
Phishing student loans’ pages target students
University students in the UK that have taken out a loan with the Student Loans Company have lately been targeted by a phishing scam that presents to them a page that is …
Network Solutions customers targeted by new hack attack
Only a week after a number of blogs hosted on Network Solutions have been compromised thanks to a WordPress hack, the company has been thrust back into the spotlight by a …
Iceland volcano search results lead to fake AV
Eyjafj?¶ll, Eyjafjallaj?¶kull, Eyjafjalla, Eyjafjallajokull-¦ The Iceland volcano Eyjafjallaj?¶kull has been recently referred to by all those names in various media, …
Trojan disguised as Google Chrome extension
The announcement that Google Chrome is now the third most widely used browser wasn’t lost on cybercriminals. They follow the crowd, and that explains the recent …
9-year-old blamed for hacking school system
Searching for the hacker who broke into the computer system of Spring Hill Elementary in Virginia, the police was more than little surprised when the investigation revealed …
A friend in need is a scam indeed
Here is a variant of the “friend in need” email scam that has been forwarded to me by a friend: As mentioned before, there are several things that indicate that …
Infected XP machines remain unpatched
To avoid the systems crashes from February, which were triggered by the security updates to the Windows kernel and tied to the fact that the machines were infected by the …
“Friend in need” spam campaign
Occasionally, you might receive an email like this one: Sure, there is a possibility that a friend does require your help, but it is a really small one. One of CA’s …
Death of Type O Negative frontman used for Fake AV distribution
The rumor of the death of Peter Steele, Type O Negative frontman, has spread like wildfire through the Net yesterday. Confirmed by a number of sources, the unfortunate event …
New Zbot malicious campaign
A spam email purporting to come from UK’s Royal Mail service has been making the rounds of inboxes: Attached to the message is a .pdf file by the name …