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Spammers Bless New Pope with Spam

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Mar

2013

With the amount of media coverage surrounding this year’s papal conclave and inauguration, it’s hardly a surprise that cybercriminals have taken advantage of this event to victimize users. We recently spotted spam that use newly-elected Pope Francis as the subject.These email messages use the new pope and controversies surrounding the Catholic Church to pique the […]

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The Brazilian Phishing World Cup

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Mar

2013

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has already kicked off, at least for Brazilian bad guys. Next year?s big event in Brazil has become one of the most prominent tactics used by Latin American cybercriminals as they unleash a real avalanche of phishing messages, fraudulent prizes and giveaways, malicious domains, fake tickets, credit card cloning, banking […]

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Your Data and the Business of Online Scams

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Feb

2013

Like any other businesses, scammers operate within a certain model to ensure the continuity of their schemes. In my previous post, I discussed in details about a typical scammer’s profile, trust model, and the strategies they use to get hold and sustain customers. This time around, we’ll look into the business model that they use […]

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