Tesco Phish, Fake Statement SPAM ...
FYI...
Tesco Phish ...
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/tesco-...ards-phishing/
1 Sep 2014 - "... email arrives saying 'Tesco Payback Rewards'... email arrives apparently from Tesco saying 'Tesco Payback Rewards' that offers you Ł150 for filling in a Tesco customer satisfaction survey... it is a -scam- and is a phishing -fraud- designed to steal your bank and credit card details. The email says something like this:
Tesco Customer Satisfaction program selected you to take part in our quick survey.
To earn your 150 Ł reward, please click here and complete the form.
Screenshots:
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/wp-con...-_rewards1.png
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/wp-con...-_rewards2.png
All of these emails use Social engineering tricks to persuade you to open the attachments that come with the email or follow links in them... careful when unzipping them and make sure you have “show known file extensions enabled“, And then look carefully at the unzipped file. If it says .EXE then it is a problem and should -not- be run or opened."
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Fake Statement SPAM - PDF malware
- http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/statem...e-pdf-malware/
1 Sep 2014 - "'Statement as at 01/09/2014' pretending to come from Cathy Rossi < C.Rossi@ tcreidelectrical .co.uk > is another one from the current zbot runs which try to drop cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer. They are using email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment... emails are not being sent from tcreidelectrical .co.uk or T C REID (ELECTRICAL) LTD, As far as we can determine they have not been hacked or their website or email system compromised... Email reads:
Please find attached statement from T C REID (ELECTRICAL) LTD as at 01/09/2014.
1 September 2014 : D0110109.PDF.zip ( 274kb): Extracts to D0110109.PDF.exe
Current Virus total detections: 2/55* . This Statement as at 01/09/2014 is another one of the spoofed icon files that unless you have “show known file extensions enabled“, will look like a proper PDF file instead of the .exe file it really is, so making it much more likely for you to accidentally open it and be infected..."
* https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d...is/1409570924/
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O/S Market Share - August 2014 ...
- http://www.netmarketshare.com/operat...10&qpcustomd=0
Browser Market Share
- http://www.netmarketshare.com/browse...=0&qpcustomd=0
9/1/2014
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China gives MS 20 days to provide explanation in anti-trust probe
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0GW1FD20140901
Sep 1, 2014 - "A Chinese anti-trust regulator said on Monday it has given Microsoft 20 days to reply to queries on the compatibility of its Windows operating system and Office software suite amid a probe into the world's largest software company. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) questioned Microsoft Vice President David Chen and gave the company a deadline to make an explanation... Microsoft is one of at least 30 foreign companies that have come under scrutiny by China's anti-monopoly regulators as the government seeks to enforce its six-year old antitrust law. Critics say the law is being used to unfairly target overseas businesses, a charge the regulators deny. According to a state media report on Monday, Microsoft's use of verification codes also spurred complaints from Chinese companies. Their use "may have violated China's anti-monopoly law", the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Verification codes are typically used by software companies as an anti-piracy mechanism. They are provided with legitimate copies of software and can be entered to entitle customers to updates and support from the manufacturer. Microsoft has long suffered from piracy of its software within China. Former Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told employees in Beijing that the company made less revenue in China than it did in the Netherlands... SAIC also repeated that it suspected the company has not fully disclosed issues relating to the compatibility of the software and the operating system... Last month, a delegation from chipmaker Qualcomm, led by company President Derek Aberle, met officials at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) as part of that regulator's investigation of the San Diego-based firm. NDRC said earlier this year that the U.S. chipmaker is suspected of overcharging and abusing its market position in wireless communication standards. Microsoft's Nadella is expected to make his first visit to China as chief executive later this month."
