February Patch Tuesday—13 Security Bulletins for 26 Vulnerabilities Plus a FAKEAV

As previously announced in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification released last week, this month’s patch cycle includes 13 bulletins intended to patch 26 vulnerabilities in several versions of Windows OS and Office. The record release is a far cry from last month’s lone patch. The long list includes five bulletins rated “critical,” which specifically patch [...]

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February Patch Tuesday—13 Security Bulletins for 26 Vulnerabilities Plus a FAKEAV

Phishing Pages Pose as Secure Login Pages

TrendLabs recently spotted a new phishing site spoofing CenturyLink’s secure login page from one of its anti-phishing resources. CenturyLink, created by the merger of CenturyTel and Embarq on July 1, 2009, is a leading provider of high-quality voice, broadband, and video services through its advanced communication networks to consumers and businesses in 33 states in the [...]

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Phishing Pages Pose as Secure Login Pages

Caisse d’Epargne Customers, Beware!

It seems that cybercriminals will really stop at nothing to further their malicious activities. Trend Micro fraud analysts received yet another spammed message obviously designed to catch unwitting Caisse d’Epargne, a French semicooperative bank, customers into their phishing trap. Founded in 1818, with around 4,700 branches in France, Caisse d’Epargne is active in both the retail [...]

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Caisse d’Epargne Customers, Beware!

The PUSHDO Puzzle—DDoS or Not DDoS?

The PUSHDO botnet has been in the news lately as the culprit in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a variety of well-known websites. Some publications even documented this recent attack extensively. After spending some months last year studying and monitoring the PUSHDO/CUTWAIL botnet and after checking the latest samples, we can affirm that this [...]

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The PUSHDO Puzzle—DDoS or Not DDoS?

Spammers Fake Responses from Google Job Applications

A new spam campaign gives the phrase “too good to be true” a whole new spin: spammed messages purporting to come from Google in response to job applications. While most spammed messages take advantage of a specific special occasion, holiday, or even a currently newsworthy item, spammers have hit a new low with their latest [...]

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Spammers Fake Responses from Google Job Applications