Posts Tagged ‘banking system’

Email Threats Highlights: EFTPS, BBB and Federal Reserve Spam

Jan

2013

Researchers in the AV Labs have captured and recorded a number of notable email threats last week-generally spam related to malware-that we have discussed in brief below: Fake BBB Complaints Spam Can Unsettle Businesses. This spam lets recipients know that the Better Business Bureau, or BBB, has purportedly received a “complaint of uneasiness” from one […]

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Spam gives a “proper” name and description to the money mule job

Aug

2012

A “money mule” is a person, an intermediate, that receives potentially illegally obtained money from someone and redirects them to someone else. Of course, the intermediary receives a percent of the transaction. In other words, this is nothing else than money laundry. A recent spam campaign advertises in the subject the job of a money […]

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New Trojan spy steals short messages on Android devices

Jun

2012

Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web is warning users about a new version of the Android.SpyEye program that intercepts incoming short messages received by mobile devices. This Trojan is disguised as Android Security Suite Premium, allegedly protecting smartphones from malicious software. The new version of the Trojan also has a shield icon and is added to […]

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Email Threats Highlights: EFTPS, BBB and Federal Reserve Spam

Spam gives a “proper” name and description to the money mule job

New Trojan spy steals short messages on Android devices

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