Posts Tagged ‘explosions’

Cybercriminals Exploit News of Boston Marathon Bombing, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

Apr

2013

McAfee Labs Messaging Security recently observed a spam campaign based on the Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion. The messages take advantage of our interest in these tragic events to lure victims to malware and exploits. Last week my colleague Paras Gupta blogged about the use of the Blackhole exploit kit to […]

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Tragic Spam

Apr

2013

Whenever something awful happens in the world, both the good and the bad come to the surface: bad guys doing bad things like we saw in Boston last week, and good guys rushing to random people’s aid in the wake of the explosions. At FortiGuard, we’ve seen an uptick in bad guys trying to take […]

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Explosions at Boston Marathon inspire cyber attackers – Email promising news turns out to be multi-faceted malware trap

Apr

2013

The email The structure of the displayed URL is always the same:http ://IP-address/news.html or http ://IP-address/boston.html The subject lines vary but are always related directly to Boston. Here are some examples in alphabetical order: 2 Explosions at Boston Marathon Aftermath to explosion at Boston Marathon Boston Explosion Caught on Video BREAKING – Boston Marathon Explosion […]

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Cybercriminals Exploit News of Boston Marathon Bombing, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

Tragic Spam

Explosions at Boston Marathon inspire cyber attackers – Email promising news turns out to be multi-faceted malware trap

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