ESET Threat Blog

Back in December of 2006 I posted an entry titled “The Spirit of Cooperation” http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/?p=30.
 
Today I am attending the Anti-Spyware Coalition Public Workshop in Washington DC. It is a very satisfying feeling sitting with staunch allies in the fight against spyware, adware, and other threats. Who are these allies? You would probably call them our … Read More…

Last week, we had reports of a number of web sites being hacked and used to distribute malicious software.  The web sites are spread through various countries including Brazil, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, France, and of course the United States.
 
At the moment, it is hard to tell how the servers were compromised.  All of them … Read More…

Got the flowers ordered? Dinner plans? eCard? Wait, eCard? I didn’t send her an eCard. The bad guys are ready for Valentine ’s Day. Actually they are not waiting. The jerks that brought you the storm worm are back at the eCard scam with amorous incantations about an  eCard for you.
 
As a rule of thumb, if … Read More…

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that the Nuwar gang has released a new version of their social engineering scam for Valentine’s Day; they are just a bit early.
The gang has started again sending spam messages with subjects related to love.  The body of the e-mails contains a short message and a link to … Read More…

There was another twist today in the Nuwar story:  it is now being used to host phishing sites.  The gang behind this prolific malware has registered several  domain names similar those used by well-known banks such as Barclays and Halifax and is directing web requests for these misspelled domain names to computers infected with Nuwar.  … Read More…