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Blackhole Exploit Kit Spam Campaign Hits Pinterest

03

Jul

2013

Social networking websites have actively been used in different malicious campaigns by cybercriminals in the past – most of which incorporate techniques such as phishing and spam. One of these campaigns are the Blackhole Exploit Kit (BHEK) spam campaign, which has been plaguing Internet users for quite a while. BHEK spam campaigns are known to […]

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Fake Twitter Confirmation Email Points to Blackhole Exploit

13

Jun

2012

Yesterday, we wrote about the return of Amazon spam, and how criminals behind this campaign led users to have their software exploited via the Blackhole exploit kit, especially if they’re not properly patched. At the end of that entry, we included a list of campaigns that use popular brand names that criminals bank on to […]

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YouTube and Tagged phishing leading to online pharmacy sites

19

Apr

2012

We are quite used to see well known brand names being used in phishing spam campaigns that lead to spam websites, usually online pharmacies. We’ve seen eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and so on. It is to us still a question why do the spammers try so hard to create phishing messages […]

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