Security Response Blogs

Casino Spam Rolling Higher

In recent weeks, Symantec has observed an increase in messages promoting online casinos, typically offering a cash bonus or VIP treatment. Leisure spam (defined as email attacks offering or adverti...[More ...]

Symantec Report on the Underground Economy – Malicious Tools

The newly released Symantec Report on the Underground Economy discusses a number of topics, in...[More ...]

Can’t Read English? Ecco lo Spam Italiano!

You may have come across multilingual translations of your favorite book or a popular movie. It’s a surefire way to extend one’s work to a wider audience. The desire for an extra buck h...[More ...]

OSX.Lamzev.A – The Mac OS X Trojan Kit

Symantec Report on the Underground Economy – Goods and Services Advertised

The online underground economy has evolved into a full-fledged marketplace where participants advertise and traffic stolen information, provide services to aid in the use of this information, and p...[More ...]

The Cost of Software Piracy

One topic of discussion in the recently released Symantec Report on the Underground Economy is...[More ...]

Clean Data, Clean Data! Read All About It!

As part of our continuous false-positive prevention efforts for antivirus signatures at Symantec, we research different areas that may help us in our quest. One area of particular interest is the u...[More ...]

Spam Volumes Making a Comeback After the McColo Shutdown?

Although spam levels remain at a relatively low volume following the takedown of the spam host McColo last week, there is some evidence that spammers are starting to prepare for a rally. Late last ...[More ...]

Symantec Report on the Underground Economy: Self-Sustaining Economy

Underground economy servers are black market forums used to advertise and traffic stolen information. The information can include government-issued identification numbers such as Social Security nu...[More ...]

Increase in Exploit Attempts Against MS08-067

Microsoft Security bulletin MS08-067 was an out-of-band security update that was released on October 23, 2008, to address a critical remotely exploitable vulnerability that was being exploited in t...[More ...]