Articles Archive for 1 November 2008

Phishers Target Domain Name Registrars
Posted in Information and Removal on 1 November 2008

The Trend Micro Content Security Team has discovered a phishing attack that has some unusual targets — customers of at least two popular domain name registrars and Web hosting companies. Both them were among the world’s largest domain name registrars in the past year, which would probably explain the phishers’ interest.
Here’s a screenshot of the [...]

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Posted in ClamAV on 1 November 2008
PayPal’s 10th Year Anniversary Phished
Posted in Information and Removal on 1 November 2008

As PayPal celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, the Trend Micro Content Security Team also discovered a phishing website that uses the occasion to lure users into it’s trap. This fraudulent site informs online visitors that PayPal is throwing a party to celebrate the anniversary, supposedly as a way of letting it’s customers know how [...]