Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers

On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention "twitter.com" to read "x.com" instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft convincing phishing links -- such as fedetwitter.com,...

Tech support scam campaign targets Japanese visitors to PornHub

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team has identified a malvertising campaign targeting Japanese users. The campaign they discovered was found to be using a cloaking technique to lure visitors of popular adult site PornHub to a decoy site at the domain mixhd.club. Cloaking Cloaking is a method...

Trend Micro and JC3 Study on Fraud, Phishing Targeting Japanese Users

This blog details the aspects of two major phishing fraud groups identified from the research and analysis. This study was also announced via separate press releases from Trend Micro Incorporated and JC3...

Exprespam Android Malware Steals Upwards to 75,000 Bits of Information

Early research from Symantec estimates that spammers behind a new type of Android malware may have already stolen “between 75,000 and 450,000 pieces of personal information” from Japanese users. While these numbers may be disparate it does suggest the malware, , has been successful since popping ...

A very long title in a web page can cause a crash on startup – Opera Security Advisories

A very long title in a web page can cause a crash on startup – Opera Security Advisories OPCOM Team | December 12, 2005 Summary A web page with an extremely long attribute can causeOpera to crash when certain conditions are met. It affectsWindows users with Input Method Editor IME installed...