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The Dangers of a Royal Baby: Scams Abound

26

Jul

2013

Big news stories are always an opportunity for scammers and spammers, who attempt to redirect users to malicious exploit kits or other unwanted services. Britain’s royal baby is the latest news to offer cover for malware. We have already found a lot of spam messages regarding the birth and baby that lead users to the […]

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Android Malware Found to Send Remote Commands

25

Jan

2013

Apart from those apps that register users for unwanted services and those that aggressively push ads, Android users should also worry about apps with backdoor capabilities.While premium service abusers and adware accounted for the majority of malicious apps in 2012, they are, however, not the only threats to Android. Reports of a botnet running on […]

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Starbucks Survey Scam Targets Both Facebook and Twitter Users

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Nov

2011

Late last month we reported about survey scams, and how such threats go across platforms from social networks to mobile. Back then we reported a scam deployed through Facebook, which enticed users into clicking links by offering free Starbucks coffee.We saw a scam very similar to the one we reported before, except for some differences. […]

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