Posts Tagged ‘doing the rounds’

Boston Marathon Bombing Used in Malicious Spam Campaign

Apr

2013

On the afternoon of April 15, 2013, just when many people were on the cusp of conquering another personal milestone by completing the Boston Marathon, they were hit hard by an act of cowardice. Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Marathon on Monday. Within hours of the bomb blast, large malware-laden spam emails started doing […]

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Thinspo Tumblr Page leads to Fake News Diet Supplement Site

Mar

2013

You may or may not be aware of something called “Thinspo” – it’s a shortened term for “Thinspiration”, usually a tag on social media sites where people typically upload lots of pictures of women looking a bit, er, thin. It’s a pretty popular tag over on Tumblr, and as you might imagine it’s quite controversial […]

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Facebook spam / 46.249.58.211 and 84.200.77.218

Dec

2012

There are various Facebook spams doing the rounds pointing to a variety of malware sites on 46.249.58.211 and 84.200.77.218, for example: From: FB.Team Sent: 19 December 2012 14:30Subject: Re-activate account Hi [redacted],Your account has been blocked due to spam activity.To verify account, please follow this link:http://www.facebook.com/confirmemail.php?e=[redacted] You may be asked to enter this confirmation code: […]

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Boston Marathon Bombing Used in Malicious Spam Campaign

Thinspo Tumblr Page leads to Fake News Diet Supplement Site

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