Malware Spam

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• Computer Security Company Takes Out Enormous Botnet

  
  ModCool — Authority: 455
  Security firm FireEye has reportedly struck a massive blow against spam . The so called “Mega-D” or “Ozdok” spam botnet was effectively dismantled by these intrepid security researchers. After studying the beast, FireEye launched an attack by notifying ISPs, having command and control (CnC) domains removed, ...
  17 hours ago

• Facebook Used By Whitewell Trojan To Communicate

  
  Darknet - The Darkside — Authority: 464
  Facebook has had it’s fair share of security woes and the latest is the discovery of a new Trojan that uses Facebook to communicate.Interesting that it’s using the Facebook notes feature to communicate depending on title/subject of the note.The actual malware itself is spread through doc/pdf exploits and not ...
  2 days ago

• Avira AntiVir Premium v9.0.0.446

  
  Newbie Blogger - UptoDate & Free Software Downloads — Authority: 135
  Avira AntiVir Premium v9.0.0.446 | 36MB Avira AntiVir Premium reliably protects you against all threats from viruses , worms , trojans , rootkits, phishings, adware, spyware , bots, and dangerous “drive-by” downloads. Best detection rates and top-class security with several updates every day. ...
  2 days ago

• Broken English email can lead to an infected PC

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 685
  Weve been seeing a fair number of emails in our traps today, written in rather poor English: Hello, you remember me? We with you had a rest, here about which I told photos to you, see attach zip file Attached to the email (which has the subject line "Greetings") is a file called document.zip. If youre a ...
  6 days ago

• Sexy photos from a sweet girl? Too risky!

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 685
  If a sexy girl mistakenly sends you photos, youd be a fool not to take a peek, right? Wrong. Here are the details of the email that we are catching in our spamtraps today: Subject line: how are you? or hi Message body: Hi, I will like to know you more better but I am not always on dating website if ...
  1 week ago

• Has the Hello Darling Trojan arrived in your email yet?

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 685
  Sophoss spamtraps are intercepting a new Trojan horse being widely distributed via email, using the disguise of photos from someone who claims to be an admirer. The malicious emails have the following characteristics: Subject: Hello Darling Message body: Hi, how are you? My photos Which I promised in ...
  1 week ago

• Facebook picks up $711 million; Spam King faces jail time

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Internet , Scandals , Technology Who needs venture capital money when you have litigation? Facebook was awarded $711 million in damages Thursday in an anti-spam case against Sanford Wallace, an internet marketer. The popular social networking platform went after Wallace for tapping its users ...
  1 week ago

• Kill A Zombie Day - Will you join the fight on Halloween?

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 685
  What are you personally doing in the worldwide fight against zombies? Weve designated October 31st, also known as Halloween, to be "International Kill-A-Zombie Day". Heres a movie trailer weve made to encourage you to join the fight: Millions of computers around the world, in homes and business premises, are - ...
  1 week ago

• Hackers launch "Contract of Settlements" attack on inboxes

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 685
  Cybercriminals have launched a widespread malicious spam attack today, aimed at tricking users into opening a malicious file. The emails, which have the subject line "Contact of Settlements", pretend to relate to a contract. Recipients are told that if they agree to the terms of the contract they should expect ...
  2 weeks ago

• Beware fake Microsoft alerts regarding Conficker worm

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 685
  We are seeing a large number of malicious emails in our spam traps, pretending to contain advice regarding the Conficker worm. Here is a typical message: Subject: Conflicker.B Infection Alert Attached file: install.zip Message body: Dear Microsoft Customer, Starting 18/10/2009 the ‘Conficker’ ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pharmaceutical Scam Responsible for 70% of September’s Spam Volume

  
  Anti spam and general email security in a business environment — Authority: 466
  According to a new report by security researchers, 70% of all spam sent last month was the result of a massive pharmaceutical scam. The messages were made to look like they came from legit pharmacies in Canada, but the links either led to fake sites that allowed visitors to place orders but instead of fulfilling ...
  3 weeks ago

• College Students: Need Extra Cash?

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 560
  College students always need some extra money and right now it’s hard to find any jobs. Even if you are lucky enough to find a job opening somewhere, a ton of other people are competing for that same position. Smerby gives college students the opportunity they have been searching for.Smerby’s services are great ...
  3 weeks ago

• FBI Director Almost a Phishing Victim

  
  Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com — Authority: 475
  The fact that FBI Director Robert Muller almost fell victim to an online banking phishing scam which he said was started with an authentic looking email should be very scary news for all of us. After all, this isnt a temp at the FBI, this is the person who is in charge of the organization we all trust to protect us ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is Your Site Secure?

  
  WebProNews Videos — Authority: 566
  The Internet is an amazing place, but it can also be very dangerous. Many times, webmasters are so focused on issues such as duplicate content that they neglect to properly secure their site from hackers and spammers. According to Sasi Parthasarathy of Bing , security is extremely undervalued, especially, since it ...
  4 weeks ago

• 5 Million New Threats in Three Months – PandaLabs’ Quarterly Report

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 136
  Courtesy of Panda Security.PandaLabs’ Quarterly Report – Record-breaking quarter for hackers. PandaLabs has released its quarterly report detailing cyber-threat activity from July to September. The full report can be downloaded from Panda.The major story this quarter is that hackers have broken all records when it ...
  5 weeks ago

• Automated Malware Attacks Hit Facebook, CAPTCHA Possibly Cracked

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 125
  Hackers have figured out how to create computer-generated Facebook profiles and are using them to trick unsuspecting users into installing malware, a security researcher warned Thursday.The fraudulent profiles display the same picture of a blond-haired, blue-eyed woman, but with slightly different names and ...
  5 weeks ago

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