The Bitdefender labs are currently working on an analysis of a Mac OS X backdoor that has been discovered by independent security researcher Jacob Applebaum on an Angolan activist. The victim, who had fallen victim to a phishing scam, ended up installing a malicious piece of code that acts as a backdoor, taking screenshots, and then uploading them to the command and control center. While relatively basic, t...

The SysAdmin scam that makes people believe they need to restore their account because of hacking attempts went international. The Spanish are now sending their passwords straight to the cyber-criminals’ database. The e-mail targeting the Spanish in their language claims the user's email account needs to be urgently restored. “Several incorrect login attempts on your email account,” the phishing e-mail read...

A recent wave of malware-laden spam e-mails infects recipients with the Gamarue Trojan. The malware is delivered as an attachment disguised as an on-line train ticket reservation at Deutsche Bahn, the German passenger transportation and logistics company. The dangerous messages inform receivers of a successful on-line ticket reservation at Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and politely ask them to print the a...

A new wave of malicious FedEx spam delivers Trojans instead of packages, infecting users with malware when opening the attachments. In the last couple months, the Gamarue Trojan has spread intensely in the US, Australia, Croatia, Romania, Iran, the UK, Germany and Spain. “This tracking update has been requested and attached to this email,” the malicious message reads. “Reference information includes: Invoic...

A new variant of the Dorkbot malware infects Facebook users worldwide, spreading from one friend to another through the social network’s internal chat. The Bitdefender Labs have caught and blocked the worm, which is capable of spying on users’ browsing activities and stealing their personal details. The malware family mainly circulates in the US, India, Portugal, the UK, Germany, Turkey and Romania. The inf...

 The Bitdefender anti-spam lab is issuing a warning over a fast-growing phishing campaign that steals bank account log-in data through a “verify your account” scam. Innocent bank, debit or credit card account owners and customers of financial institutions including The Royal Bank of Canada, Permanent TSB of Ireland, Discover Bank and American Express of the US or NatWest of the UK are targeted by fraudsters...

Imagine you receive an e-mail from an unknown prince / political refugee  – the classic Nigerian scam of the past 10 years. You wouldn’t fall for that, would you? Imagine now a legit business proposal from a bank manager with all the credentials, work experience and peers. It’s not even disguised as a Nigerian operation - it’s a business proposition. And it’s on LinkedIn. We got such a message from an indiv...

If you tried to access Yahoo mail today, chances are that you saw at least once the Safe Browsing dialog instead of your inbox, as one of the advertisers showing banners on Yahoo has started serving malicious content. The malicious ads started showing up earlier this morning, when ad pusher eqads.com got blocked by Google Safe Browsing. A closer look into the incident revealed that the eqads.com site is red...

New spammed malware campaign aims at Citibank Paymentech clients to collect passwords and open backdoors for remote attackers to dispose of compromised systems at will. This new campaign consists of random e-mails allegedly sent by a Citibank billing department. The electronic messages deliver as attachment an archived document hiding an executable malicious file. In the body of the message, scammers ask re...

The Bitdefender anti-spam lab identified a significant spam wave selling “patriots only” a complete survival kit to help them face the “imminent” apocalypse. For just a little under $50, the DVD-guide promises to assist every American family to prepare for the end of the world. It’s been almost a week of on and off President Obama-related scam campaigns aiming for a context of uncertainty and insecurity amo...