Microsoft Reports Massive Increase in Macros Enabled Threats

The Microsoft Malware Protection Center says there has been a dramatic increase in threats using macros to spread malware via spam and social engineering over the last month. Macros are used for automating frequently used tasks in Office. Macro-related infections were constant and near zero daily...

Ebola Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

US-CERT reminds users to protect against email scams and cyber campaigns using the Ebola virus disease EVD as a theme. Phishing emails may contain links that direct users to websites which collect personal information such as login credentials, or contain malicious attachments that can infect a...

Five Year Old Phishing Campaign Unveiled

UPDATE: A previous version of this story reported that Cyphort found 300,000 stolen credentials on a Gmail server. This figure was incorrectly reported by the firm and has been corrected to the adjusted number, 2,500 stolen credentials, in this story. Details have been disclosed on a five-year-ol...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 File Attachment Script Execution Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5450/info An error has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, which may allow malicious file attachments to execute arbitrary code in the context of the local system. HTM files are associated with Internet...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34407 First Published: 2014 May 29 13:49 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain a malicious attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 29, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34406 First Published: 2014 May 29 13:23 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment and...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 29, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34408 First Published: 2014 May 29 13:15 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages with a blank message body and an attachment for the recipient. The .zip attachment contains a malicious .exe file that, when executed,...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Details Email Messages on May 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34404 First Published: 2014 May 29 13:13 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payment details for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment and...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34390 First Published: 2014 May 28 16:20 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain an attachment relating to a purchase order payment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages on May 27, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34356 First Published: 2014 May 27 13:35 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product order request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to ope...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 27, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34358 First Published: 2014 May 27 13:28 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 22, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34343 First Published: 2014 May 23 14:04 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages with blank message body and document attached for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Payment Notification Email Messages on May 20, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34301 First Published: 2014 May 20 16:07 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank payment invoice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Security Program Attachment Email Messages on May 19, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34282 First Published: 2014 May 19 20:19 GMT Last Updated: 2014 May 20 13:47 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a software program for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts t...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Transfer Notification Email Messages on May 15, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34255 First Published: 2014 May 16 13:49 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank payment transfer notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 16, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34253 First Published: 2014 May 16 13:44 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment and...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34225 First Published: 2014 May 15 13:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain a document for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment to confirm the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Shipment Tracking Information Email Messages on May 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34223 First Published: 2014 May 14 14:17 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain shipment tracking information for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Account Lockout Notice Email Messages on May 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34222 First Published: 2014 May 14 14:15 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an account lockout notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34221 First Published: 2014 May 14 14:14 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain an attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment an...