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Gaddafi’s death in spam

07

Nov

2011

“Nigerian” spammers are extremely quick to react to the world’s hottest news stories. News of the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had barely even broken before a string of emails from the “relatives of the deceased” began to appear. Gaddafi’s inconsolable relatives would be amazed if they knew how many emails had been […]

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Malicious Gaddafi Death Spam Continues

01

Nov

2011

Contributor: Anand Muralidharan Recently, the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi triggered a malware attack which Symantec previously blogged about. We have observed spammers' continued delight with this news event through the sending of malicious attack and 419 spam messages. In the spam targeting residents of Brazil, a video showing Gadhafi asking for mercy and […]

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Gaddafi and Search Poisoning: Think before clicking on search results

21

Oct

2011

Scam artists and cyber-criminals welcomed today's news of the demise of Libyan leader Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (often referred to as simply Gaddafi or Gadhafi). Why? Because few events fuel Internet search activity as much as the death of a famous–or infamous–person, although celebrity weddings and divorces are also a big search driver. It's a […]

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