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On October 31, 2014 we observed spam mail that posed as an invoice notification and urge users to download a file from the link provided in the email. The downloaded file purported to be a .pdf file
Cybercriminals often leveraged what are popular and newsworthy items as part of their social engineering tactic. Case in point, we spotted spam samples that used the topic of Ebola to lure users into
Fair warning to Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) customers using Bankline, RBS' Internet banking service. Our research show a recent spike in the number of spammed messages using RBS Bankline as subject
Holidays, personalities, disasters - all these are regular targets of cybercriminals. Once something new or something big is known to the public, cybercriminals find ways to use these in their
Just days before Christmas we observed a surge in spammed emails that take take advantage of the widely celebrated event. One of the recent spam attacks we saw contained a malicious document entitled
With many financial institutions relying on online transactions and notifications, customers may not find it weird to receive mail purportedly coming from their banks or any other familiar financial
After the reported takedown last month, Gameover ZeuS resurfaced once again as seen in spam campaigns that seem to be bank-related emails. These spam mails purport to come from legitimate companies
The recent spam attacks using the variant of ZBOT/ZEUS malware called ZBERP involve spammed messages containing links which download a zip file containing ZBERP. The mails, pretending to be
Cybercriminals taking advantage of the popularity of certain legitimate applications is nothing new, and this spam attack that leverages Evernote 's credibility and usefulness is but one of the many
Have you ever received an e-mail that says they’re getting back to you regarding something that you have talked about before? To make it even more convincing, the follow-up e-mail asks you to open an
This health spam outbreak our engineers recently found features one of the most talked about disease today – the Ebola Virus. Exactly the same day when Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the
The G20 Summit in Australia is the latest topic to be used in spammed messages. We encountered emails that urged recipients to join a rally that supposedly intends to raise awareness about The human
Email is the primary means for business and customer communications. As such, cybercriminals typically use spam email as an infection vector in order to infect system and consequently, penetrate an
Holidays are usually a good time to travel. It is also a good time for cybercriminals to take advantage of online booking and travel deals. We have found spam that attempts to target The co-operative
Carelessly opening attachments may cause your computer unwanted malware infection. As observed by Trend Micro researchers in 2013, Blackhole Exploit Kit-related threats are still in the wild even
Cybercriminals take any path they can to get to your system. In this spammed message, cybercriminals use the Trend Micro name and instructs users to update their anti-malware using the attached
The NetTraveler campaign is a series of malware spam attacks used against different companies and governmental institutions. Included in this list are the Tibetan/Uyghur activists. Recently, we
It is not new for spammers to take advantage well-known personalities to gain good publicity and credibility and claim more victims. The ERS team spotted spammed messages that were starred by Dr. Oz.
In a predictable socially-engineered attack, cybercriminals took advantage of the iPhone5s launch through a phishing spam campaign. We found samples of the phishing spam itself, with these samples
It could be said that it's still too early to even think about Christmas, but it seems that cybercriminals have another idea entirely. Recently we received samples of a malicious spam campaign making