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Fake CNN and BBC spam news messages

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Mar

2013

Fake CNN and BBC spam messages use current events like “New Pope sued over sex abuse” to lure users to exploit sites. AVG Web Threats researchers have found spam from scammers using the Blackhole exploit kit that use the issue of sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church as bait. The spam, which impersonates CNN.com […]

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Ransomware false advertising

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Mar

2013

The AVG Web Threats Research group found a redesign of a recent ransomware page that claims the scam has dealings with most of the major anti-virus companies in the world, including AVG. The malicious operators behind the scheme have put the name and logo of the US Department of Justice at the top of their […]

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Web Threat Update: MSN Cool Exploit Kit

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Jan

2013

1. MSN site redirects to Cool Exploit Kit Last weekend the AVG Web Threat Research group noticed a spike in LinkScannerR detections on an Italian language MSN page. The website contained an obfuscated redirect to another website running the Cool Exploit Kit and installing ransomware on users’ machines. In the screenshot below you see the […]

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