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Cruel Boston Marathon spam lures users to exploit pages

Apr

2013

You probably think the person or people behind the Boston Marathon bombing are reprehensible scum? Well, meet their cousins – the slimebags behind the latest malware-distributing spam run we have seen ramp-up overnight. Members of the AVG Web Threats Research team have discovered spam messages using the Boston Marathon explosion to lure potential victims to […]

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Mac malware exploits unpatched Java vulnerability

Apr

2012

Malware striking Mac computers is making the headlines again, this time exploiting a vulnerability in Java that has left Apple users dangerously exposed to attack.The new Mac malware exploits a Java vulnerability (known as CVE-2012-0507), that Apple users are still not patched against.Apple users won’t feel any consolation at all in the knowledge that their […]

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Facebook phishing: Can you spot the difference?

Jun

2011

We’ve seen some messages being spread on Facebook in the last day or so, claiming to link to a video of Barack Obama. Most of them appear to have been cleaned up by now (presumably by Facebook Security) but there are still some remnants lying around.Here’s a typical message: hello have you seen this recent […]

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