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From: All of PH AV Technical Marketing
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:41:54 PM
To: Newsbank; Marketing Writers
Subject: Malware Blog news pickups: March 13-19, 2010
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Pageviews to blog posts picked up
| 13-Mar | 14-Mar | 15-Mar | 16-Mar | 17-Mar | 18-Mar | 19-Mar |
Malware Blog | 1,319 | 1,362 | 2,192 | 1,912 | 1,726 | 2,141 | 3,447 |
Fake Facebook Password Notification Leads to Malware | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 36 |
TinyURL Phishing Becoming Popular | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Search for News on Corey Haim’s Death Leads to FAKEAV | - | 16 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Malicious Ads Lead to PDF Exploits | - | - | - | 19 | 53 | 24 | 34 |
“Obama Accident” Instant Messages Used to Spread Malware | - | - | - | 30 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
Search for News on Corey Haim’s Death Leads to FAKEAV
Fake Facebook Password Notification Leads to Malware
Malicious Ads Lead to PDF Exploits
“Obama Accident” Instant Messages Used to Spread Malware
TinyURL Phishing Becoming Popular
Facebook password reset themed malware campaign in the wild
Asked to comment on the inner workings of the campaign, TrendMicro’s
Malicious ads on email service lead to malware
Help Net Security, US - Mar 18
TrendLabs warns about malicious advertisements popping up for users visiting a popular Web-based email service, which lead to URLs containing exploits that are able to download and execute different malicious files without any interaction on the users' part.
President Obama death messages hide malware
"The text before the links are in French and tells users to click the link that follows. Some of these links made users believe that they were viewing a photo related to an accident that supposedly killed US President Barack Obama," said Trend Micro's
Corey Haim's Funeral Used as Rogue Anti-Virus Bait
eSecurity
"TrendLabs warns that when the user follows one of these links, a fake window opens up which 'shows' the user's computer is full of malware and recommends downloading the offered AV solution," writes Help Net Security's Zeljka Zorz.
WARNING TO HOTELS... Don’t Use Free Link Shortening Services in Your Marketing
Hospitality-1st, US - Mar 17
The biggest issue for hotels presents itself as a serious security threat. As reported by leading virus security company Trend Micro, TinyURL has become a popular tool for spammers and phishing scams. Spammers have used TinyURL to create short non-discript links, which redirect users to malicious websites where unsuspecting users become victims of phishing attacks. Read Trend Micro – TinyURL Becomes Popular for Phishing.
News of Corey Haim's funeral lead to fake AV
Help Net Security, US - Mar 16
As you can see in the screenshot above, the number of malicious links in the top search results is nothing to sneeze at. TrendLabs warns that when the user follows one of these links, a fake window opens up which "shows" the user's computer is full of malware and recommends downloading the offered AV solution.
Daylight Saving Time Searches Lead to Scareware
Meanwhile, researchers from security vendors Trend Micro and Websense, independently warn of similar schemes targeting the death of Canadian actor and former teen idol Corey Haim, which occurred earlier last week. Unfortunately, celebrity deaths have become common themes for BHSEO campaigns, as they always attract interest from Internet users.
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