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Pump and dump spam waits for Hurricane Sandy

31

Oct

2012

Even stock scammers needed to put their plans on hold following the closure of stock markets for 2 days. In the typically worded email shown below, recipients are encouraged to buy into low-priced shares now that Hurricane Sandy has passed and trading has resumed. Interestingly, we see less topical spam than we used to. In […]

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Adult Phishing Scams Haunt Aura Kasih

04

Aug

2012

Phishers continue to target Indonesian celebrities with adult scams. Phishing attacks on rock star Ahmad Dhani have already been seen. In July 2012, Symantec observed a phishing site that claimed to have an adult video of Indonesian actress and singer Aura Kasih. The phishing site spoofed a social networking brand and was hosted on a […]

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Blackhole Exploit Targeting Steve’s Death

08

Oct

2011

Contributor: Anand Muralidharan The sad news making the rounds these days is the death of Steve Jobs, Apple Co-founder and former CEO. His death has been a terrible loss to both Apple and Apple fans everywhere. Spammers are capitalizing on this incident by sending malicious links related to the news of Steve Jobs’ death. Below […]

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