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Stock Spam: A Sign of Economic Recovery?
It may sound strange, but one surefire sign that the economy is on the mend is an increase in stock spam. Yes, stock spam is a bellwether signal of an economic revival and if you want proof, check your...
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Compromised Accounts Tweeting Links to Malware
It is not uncommon to see social media accounts, specifically Twitter accounts, directing users to malicious sites such as the ones hosting Android.Opfake, an issue we blogged about last year....
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3D Printing Physical Keys
3D printers are fascinating devices that are becoming affordable and widely available. Many people love to experiment with them, bringing innovation to many different fields. There are so many things...
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“LNK” Attacks are Back Again
Recently, we observed an attack campaign using link files attached to emails in Japan. We have blogged about threats utilizing link files before and this type of attack is still alive and well.The...
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday – August 2013
Hello, welcome to this month's blog on the Microsoft patch release. This month the vendor is releasing eight bulletins covering a total of 23 vulnerabilities. 14 of this month's issues are rated...
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Android Cryptographic Issue May Affect Hundreds of Thousands of Apps
There’s been a lot of confusion over the last few days, since bitcoin.organnounced that an Android component responsible for generating secure random numbers contained a critical weakness that rendered...
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Targeted Attacks Delivering Fruit
Contributor: Lionel PayetPolitical news has always been one of the top topics used in targeted attacks. Last week we came across unique malicious emails targeting high-profile companies in Europe and...
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Spammers Googly over Ongoing Ashes Series
Contributor: Sujay KulkarniThe Ashes Test cricket series, one of most popular Test series in cricket, is played between England and Australia. It is played alternately in England and Australia and is...
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Instascam: Instagram for PC Leads to Survey Scam
Instagram, the popular photo and video sharing service acquired by Facebook, is often a target for spam and scams, some of which we have writtenaboutover the past year. This week, a friend shared an...
View ArticleZeroAccess Modifies Peer-to-Peer Protocol for Resiliency
ZeroAccess has always distributed its malicious payloads to infected computers using a peer-to-peer protocol. The use of a peer-to-peer protocol removes the need to maintain centralized...
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Chinese Ransomlock Malware Changes Windows Login Credentials
Although ransomware has become an international problem, we rarely see Chinese versions. Recently, Symantec Security Response noticed a new type of ransomlock malware that not only originates from...
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Changes Afoot for Changeup
We have been fighting the W32.Changeup family of worms for a long time and have written about it many times Figure 1. W32.Changeup prevalence One characteristic of W32.Changeup is that it is written in...
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Francophoned – A Sophisticated Social Engineering Attack
In April 2013, the administrative assistant to a vice president at a French-based multinational company received an email referencing an invoice hosted on a popular file sharing service. A few minutes...
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Cynical Spammers Exploit Deepening Syria Crisis
As the international community coordinates its response to the deepening crisis in Syria, scammers have once again demonstrated their skill at using current, high-profile events to their advantage. We...
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Targeted Attacks Deliver Disassembled Malware
Shortcut files have recently become a common vehicle used in targeted attacks to deliver malware into organizations. Symantec has observed a variety of ways shortcut files are being used to penetrate...
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G20 Summit Used as Bait to Deliver Backdoor.Darkmoon
Ahead of this week's G20 summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, attackers are leveraging the meeting's visibility in targeted attacks.One particular campaign we have identified is targeting multiple...
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Spanish RAT
Contributor: Roberto Sponchioni Symantec Security Response has recently come across a new remote administration tool (RAT) called Alusinus, which we detect as Backdoor.Alusins. The program was intended...
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Chemical Attack in Syria Used as Enticement in Targeted Attack
Targeted attacks are a daily occurrence and attackers are fast to employ the latest news stories in their social engineering themes. In a recent targeted attack, delivering a payload of...
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Spammers Setup Fake Surgical Strikes on Syria
Contributor: Binny KuriakoseSpammers continue to leverage the crisis in Syria for their personal gain. Besides taking advantage of a scam message that claimed to be from The Red Cross, spammers are now...
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Busy August for One-Click Fraud Scammers on Google Play
For many of us around the globe, August may be a month to take a bit of a break from work and go on a summer holiday. In contrast, August appears to the busiest month of the year for the scammers...
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