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“Your message could not be delivered”. It’s one of the oldest methods in the social-engineering-for spam-and malware-emails handbook. You are receiving notice that an email you sent has not reached its recipient – so sad. And of course the attachment must contain the mysterious email. But it doesn’t. It contains a zipped variant of MyDoom […]

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A malware-email outbreak in the past 24 hours uses phony Delta airline itineraries to entice users to click on the embedded links. The social engineering of an attack such as this is very effective – particularly since the email looks very authentic: If you are planning a trip then you this will look all wrong […]

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In mid-August we covered a huge email-malware outbreak that mostly included UPS-themed emails. The same malware continues to be distributed as Fedex confirmations, but also as the “map of love“. The “map of love” attachments accompany emails promising “tourists” a map of interesting destinations worldwide. Some variations of the text: Welcome Lover! Everything is for […]

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