Western Union MTCN trojan
MX Lab just interceped a bunch of emails from Western Union claiming that your credit card issuing bank has halted the transaction by the demand of the Federal Criminal Investigation Service. Sound really scarry at first.…
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Windows Vista update through malware Flash swf file
An email with the subject “RE: ® Official Update 2008!” is trying to attract your attention to a new Windows XP/Vista update. The email message contains a large title “Free Update Windows XP, Vista” with…
New FedEx Tracking number trojan outbreak
MX Lab has detected and intercepted a new outbreak of the FedEx Tracking number trojan. It appears to be a variant Subject is now “FedEx Tracking N_2545362053” - where the number is random. The From address…
msnbc.com - BREAKING NEWS
If you have received a similar message like the one below, please be advised that this is a new version of the “CNN trojan” that is reported earlier on the MX Lab blog. Subject start…
FedEx Tracking number trojan
MX Lab has intercepted a few messages with the subject “[NO-REPLY] FedEx Tracking Number 26901603” with an attached trojan. After the UPS Tracking trojan campaign it’s now time to use FedEx. The content of the…
CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert malware
After a very long outbreak based on the CNN Dailty Top 10 it’s now time for something different: CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert. This new version brings more of the CNN malware outbreak in a changed…
Download Internet Explorer 7 - don't do it!
Don’t believe the message that you receive from [email protected] with the subject ‘Internet Explorer 7’ to download the latest version of Internet Explorer. It will bring you the Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.aafh (Kaspersky Lab), ]Trojan.Dropper (Symantec), TROJ_RENOS.ADX (Trend Micro),…
Windows Live Spaces in spam
Spammers have found a new victim. After the use of Google URLs spammers now use Windows Live Spaces in their spam campaigns. Superior Relief Offers http://************.spaces.live.com/default.aspx your boss told you so that you can spend …
Angelina Jolie
About an hour ago, a new variant of the Angelina Jolie mailware emails has been intercepted. She is still very popular when it comes to malware. Some previous emails regarding the Jolie video included an…
CNN Daily Top 10 leads users to site hosting malware
Following the links in the CNN.com Daily Top 10 email could lead you to sites that hosts malware. MX Lab detected and intercepted the first messages at around 7:48 PM local Belgian time and is monitoring…