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LinkedIn spam serving Adobe and Java exploits

14

Jun

2012

Today we will be reviewing a cybercriminal’s recipe for success: Hacking LinkedIn’s password (and possibly user-) database. Sending an email to all obtained email addresses, which is urging you to check your LinkedIn inbox as soon as possible. A user unawarely clicking on the link. An exploit gets loaded. Malware gets dropped. Malware gets executed. […]

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Fake missing plugin warnings used for spam/spyware

26

Jan

2012

A key element for a successful spam/malicious page is to establish trust with the visitor so that he will perform the requested actions. Users trust their browser, but not necessarily the content (i.e. web page) that it displays. A trick that I’ve blogged about earlier, is to fool the user into thinking that certain elements […]

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Fake emails- Adobe Critical Upgrade.

07

Dec

2011

A new fake email, which pretends to be from Adobe is in the wild and spreading on the internet. The email has an attachment, which contains an executable file having PDF icon. If the user gets lure by this mail and execute the file, the computer gets infected. The sample I came across installs a […]

Category General Written by Quick Heal Weblog 0 Comments

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