MX Lab detected a new virus campaign containing a new Bredolab variant. The campaign has the same characteristics as the Facebook Password Reset email campaign. The trojan listens to the name Win32:Bredolab-BL (Avast) or W32/Bredolab!Generic2 (F-Prot).
The email is send from the spoofed address <confirmation@myspace.com> and has the subjects:
MySpace Password Reset Confirmation!
MySpace Password Reset Confirmation! Order NR.4648.
The number [...]
New Bredolab variant targets MySpace users with MySpace Password Reset email
MySpace subject to phishing campaign
Social networks are often subject to phishing and today MySpace is the target. MX Lab intercepted some messages from MySpace <message-*********@message.myspace.com> – where * stands for random letter and number combination. The from address is obviously spoofed.
The body of the email:
Dear MySpace user!
Please be informed that you are required to update your MySpace account.
Please update [...]
MySpace wins $230 million anti-spam judgment
Sanford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines face a $230 million anti-spam judgment. The duo were found responsible for sending out phishing scams designed to harvest MySpace login credentials, prior to bombarding members with messages punting gambling and smut websites. As many as 730.000 spam messages, directing to gambling and smut websites, were sent to MySpace members since late [...]
