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Hurricane Irene Scam Hits Facebook

29

Aug

2011

Hurricane Irene surely turned New York City to “city that never sleeps” as it brought flood waters, knocked out power to more than 4 million people and was even responsible for at least 15 deaths in six states.What’s worse is that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the incident by spamming a fake video on Facebook.The […]

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Targeting the Source: FAKEAV Affiliate Networks

26

Aug

2011

The operators of malicious networks are continuously monetizing their activities by propagating rogue security software that use scare tactics to trick unsuspecting users into installing and purchasing fake antivirus software, aka FAKEAV.Although there has been a decline in the FAKEAV volume as a result of the increasing pressure on payment processors that handle credit card transactions […]

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ZBOT Variant That Uses Domain-Generation Technique Spreads Through Facebook

23

Aug

2011

Our team recently encountered a spam run that leads to the download of a ZBOT variant that uses domain-generation technique. The spam run involves messages that arrive in users’ inboxes as a Facebook friend request notification. The message bears a link that the user must click to approve the friend request. Clicking the said link, […]

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