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“I Love Walmart” campaign spreading on Facebook

02
Aug
2011

Websense Security LabsT and the Websense ThreatSeekerR Network have detected a new scam that is currently spreading on Facebook. The new scam titled Take the Free $1,000 Walmart Gift Card Survey! or Get A Free Walmart Gift Card! is disguised as a free survey offering a $1000 Walmart gift card for surveys completed. In fact, every survey completed […]

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Spammers Leverage Amy Winehouse’s Death to Send Virus

26
Jul
2011

The five-time Grammy award winner Amy Winehouse was found dead in London on July 23rd. Symantec has already observed spammers who are trying to capitalize on related news headlines by sending out malicious threats less than a day after the news was released. The two samples given below are examples that we have observed. These […]

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Amy Winehouse’s Death Used in Online Attacks

25
Jul
2011

Cybercriminals quickly took advantage of news surrounding Amy Winehouse’s death by staging online attacks. Amy Winehouse is a multi-awarded English singer and songwriter who passed away over the weekend. This is actually standard behaviour of cybercriminals. One attack we’ve seen on Facebook is the usual Facebook survey scam that involves an age verification page and […]

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