It seems that fans around the world are not the only ones who are hooked on the Oscars .

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Oscars 2010 Awards Users with FAKEAV

As the security industry evolves, underground cybercriminals are constantly looking for ways to counter the technology challenges presented to them.

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Web Reputation Checks Gone Awry

Spammers are clearly becoming more and more creative as they try new ways to bypass our anti-spam filters. Just recently, we received a spammed message disguised as a spam quarantine notification message from a competitor. To the untrained eye, the email looks quite convincing

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Spam Quarantine Notification = Spam

A new KOOBFACE variant is again making the rounds in the social-networking scene. According to Trend Micro researcher, Norman Ingal, the malware employs Facebook’s Private Message feature to proliferate

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KOOBFACE Makes a Comeback

More than 60 websites have been found to be hotbeds for SEO poisoning. Each of these domains host hundreds of possible matches for search keys. Also, the topics in one domain overlap with that of the other domain, thus making it possible that they will both emerge in the search results

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60+ Compromised Sites with SEO Poisoning

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

Trend Micro’s Web Reputation Services (WRS) Operations Team recently received a phishing email claiming to be from Blogger (see Figure 1), a free blog publishing tool from Google .

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Phishers Target “Bloggers”

Trend Micro security experts have not seen pump-and-dump spam campaigns in a fairly long time.

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Pump-and-Dump Spam Makes a Comeback on Skype

It is that time of the year once again for football enthusiasts and sports fanatics alike with the latest season of Super Bowl . The Super Bowl is one of the U.S. television broadcasting industry’s top-rating shows, drawing thousands of live viewers each game .

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Searches for Super Bowl News and Bill Cosby’s Supposed Death Lead to FAKEAV