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Spammers Targeting Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Natural disasters, like tornadoes and earthquakes, are quite common in the United States of America. Unfortunately, the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore experienced a violent tornado on Monday, May 20, that sadly resulted in dozens of casualties. Spammers take advantage of natural disasters with luring scams and Symantec Security Response has started to observe spam …

Don’t pay the rogue, scan with MSRT

?We added three new families to this month’s Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT): Win32/FakeDef, Win32/Vicenor, and Win32/Kexqoud. In this blog, we will talk about the rogue antivirus family Win32/FakeDef. It’s not a big player in rogues’ world, but it holds its own unique characteristics.

We found this family in the wild in December 2012. Initially …

Windows 8 and Keygens

As we first reported in the Microsoft Security Report Volume 13, Keygens have become the number one threat reported by users of Microsoft antimalware products. The research also indicates that 76 percent of users that downloaded Keygen or software cracks were also exposed to other, more dangerous malware.  

Keygens are typically not very dangerous on their …

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Featured in Phishing Attack

Phishers have already shown interest in the violence that erupted recently in various parts of the Arab world. The phishing attack involving Syria is a good example. Phishers are now taking advantage of the political unrest in Egypt as protests in the country continue. In March 2013, phishers promoted former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik …

New Ransomlock Variant Bypasses Automated Threat Analysis Systems’ Sandboxes

A lot of malware modify themselves to either hide from security software when they copy themselves to the compromised computer or to hinder engineers attempting to analyze the malware by executing the decrypted memory area and reading the decrypted memory value. This blog examines the behavior of Trojans that modify themselves by sharing memory.

The malware …

Carberp: the never ending story

The Carberp cybercrime group was one of the first groups to make massive use of specialist malware designed to target remote banking systems and fraud operations against major Russian banks. Many members of major Carberp groups have already been arrested (All Carberp botnet organizers arrested), but the Carberp malware family is still active and evolving. …

Indian Websites Pursued by Phishers

Symantec has been constantly monitoring phishing sites hosted on compromised Indian websites. In 2011, our study detailed these compromised sites and we did a similar study of phishing sites in 2012.

From August 2012 to November 2012, 0.11% of all phishing sites were hosted on compromised Indian websites. Phishers continue to target Indian sites across many …

Malware Attacks Targeting Hugo Chavez’s Death

Rumors of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death were rampant on the news and Internet over the past month, and last Tuesday, the Venezuelan Vice President confirmed that Chavez died after a two year battle with cancer. Chavez’s death has triggered reactions worldwide, from world leaders to ordinary citizens, and everyone is talking about his ideas …

As Russians Ready for Fatherland Day, Spammers Take Advantage

Major events and holidays have always been a time for celebrations. Unfortunately, it also attracts unscrupulous spammers searching to make a quick offer. Symantec observes that spam email usually spikes in conjunction with these holidays.

One such occasion is Defender of the Fatherland Day observed on February 23, which is a Russian holiday in countries of …

Ichitaro Vulnerability: Another Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

We have already seen a handful of zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild this year. These vulnerabilities have affected users globally leaving both individuals and organizations scrambling to protect their computers. While this does become tiring, this is not the time to rest or become complacent, especially for those using the Japanese word processor …

 
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