Criminals like to attack the biggest target because BIGGER generally provides a better Return On Investment (ROI). Windows is a good example. Mac is indeed safer than Windows but it isn’t necessarily because Mac is more secure

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I’m Feeling Lucky?

Text scams are increasingly becoming common again due to the forthcoming Philippine national and local elections , as political campaigns take to rampant text messaging for faster political mobilization.

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Text Spam and Text Scams

Asking for help in Windows could lead to more trouble. A newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) leverages the ability of a Visual Basic script to invoke a .HLP (Windows Help file format) file, which could give a remote attacker the ability to run arbitrary code on an affected system. Visual Basic uses the following syntax to call the MsgBox function , which is used to display message boxes: MsgBox(prompt[,buttons][,title][,helpfile,context]) However, if a specially crafted .HLP file passes as a variable, remote users would be able to run arbitrary code on an affected system

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Calling Windows for Help May Lead to Vulnerability

Trend Micro recently came across a .PDF file sample that exploits a vulnerability that was discovered as early as mid-2009. The specially crafted .PDF file detected as TROJ_PIDIEF.SML contains malicious JavaScript in its code that uses the getAnnots() method to corrupt an affected system’s memory.

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ZeuS and PDF Exploits: Two Baddies Team Up

TrendLabs Web content security analysts recently received spammed messages (see Figure 1) purporting to come from the Bank of Nevada . At first, the attack seems just like any other common phishing attack. However, users who are tricked into clicking the URL embedded in the spammed messages will be redirected to a fake Bank of Nevada home page (see Figure 2)

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Phishers Hit the Bank of Nevada

A new Twitter worm is making the rounds. If you receive a direct message from a “friend” that contains the following message: “This you????” It is likely malicious. Clicking the link, http://twitter.login.{BLOCKED}home.org/login/, will redirect you to a sub page of the said domain

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A New Twitter Worm Is Making the Rounds

We read with interest about yet another PDF redaction snafu . In this case it was the attorney of TJX / 7-11 hacker Albert Gonzales, who posted an indictment that was redacted digitally and posted online as a PDF file — making it trivial to recover the original unredacted text.

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How Not To Redact Confidential Information

I recently took a sudden and unexpected trip to Norway. During my time there I needed to quickly update my family and friends as to my situation. How does one do that when one’s family and friends span the globe?

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"You are signing in from an unfamiliar location."

We often come across interesting details during our data mining. For example, take a look at the following domain registrant information.

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Who is fr3sh_card3r_rz?

Maintaining your computer can be a chore sometimes, especially if you’re the kind of person that’s always on the go. Keeping all the programs on a computer up-to-speed with the latest updates can be a hassle

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