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Don’t Send Your SMS Scam to an AntiVirus Analyst ;)

17

Jul

2013

Recently I received this SMS on my mobile phone. Basically, it tells me I have to call back 018377xxxx to collect a parcel. As this phone number is not premium and I was indeed waiting for a parcel, I nearly fell in for the trick. Figure 1. SMS scam received on the phone. It says: […]

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Spammers Bless New Pope with Spam

19

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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‘Jacked frost’ Facebook scam goes wild and doubles over the weekend

10

Dec

2012

Last week we wrote a blog about a specific Facebook scam that appeared to spread rather aggresively. We have decided to nickname the scam "Jacked Frost." The Websense® ThreatSeeker™ network detected that the scam has increased and multiplied over the weekend – particularly on Saturday where we saw the amount of unique URLs related to this scam double. This shows how cyber crooks time […]

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