There are several special occasions throughout the year that help to deliver a sense of solidarity and unity among people. Social networking sites have gained popularity by linking people together from different geographic locations; hence, social networking sites promote special occasions because they encourage users to greet one another.

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Phishers Celebrate Special Occasions

Spammers seem to be on something of a Twitter rampage of late. They have sent out a wide variety of spammed messages recently that all appear to be from Twitter: The first mail sample shows a phishing attack mounted against users. The second contains links to a malicious file that is already detected as TROJ_FAKETWT.A

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Bogus Twitter Spam Hits Inboxes

The 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 11th in South Africa. As 32 countries warm up for this esteemed international soccer event, cyber criminals are getting busier, too.

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2010 FIFA World Cup – Spammers Raise Their Game

Italian bank Banca Popolare di Sondrio has become phishers’ new target with the discovery of a spammed message containing a link to the supposed bank’s Internet banking site, SCRIGNO . As with previous bank-related phishing attempts, clicking the link leads users to a site that looks very much like the legitimate Internet service’s login page. The site asks users to enter their user codes and personal identification numbers (PINs).

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Phishing Scam Targets Italian Bank

In May 2010, a phishing website was observed to be spoofing a leading, legitimate brand that provides online file transfer services.

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Online File Transfer Fraud

Symantec has recently observed phishing attacks on a leading brand that provides investment and brokerage services. The brand is primarily into brokerage but also offers other various services to customers, such as investment research, mutual funds, bond trading, mortgages, and so on.

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Phished Investment and Brokerage Service Brands

Over the past month or so, phishing websites that have been offering a facility to place free phone calls have been observed to be attacking a legitimate social networking website. The fake service, named “Digits,” is promoted on the phishing website as a project driven by a non-existent community supposedly created on the well-known social networking website

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A Fake Phone Service Scam

Protecting personal information on the Internet is always a concern for computer users. Phishers are notorious for plotting sophisticated attacks that push them into a user’s inbox

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Phishing Attacks Getting Too Personalized

TrendLabs SM recently spotted a phishing site that specifically targets Public Bank of Malaysia’s clients. Public Bank is one of Malaysia’s leading financial institutions that operate in other parts of Asia as well, including Hong Kong, China, and Cambodia.

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Public Bank of Malaysia Phished

After the tragic earthquakes in Haiti and in Chile, there were no additional natural disasters for spammers to take advantage of. Instead, spammers continued to focus on seasonal and calendar events such as the Easter holiday to deliver spam messages.

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Spam and Phishing Landscape: April 2010