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Email malware levels skyrocket

18

Aug

2011

Earlier this week we described a huge malware outbreak with increases of over 500%. The graph we presented showed a tapering off after the peak of the attack. The similar attacks in March and April also showed this trend – with a large initial outbreak followed by gradually decreasing spikes as the month went on. […]

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Malware attack disguised as email about blocked credit card

15

Aug

2011

Cybercriminals have spammed out emails which claim to be a warning that your credit card has been blocked, but in reality contain a malicious attachment designed to infect your computer. Be on your guard if you receive an unexpected email claiming that your credit card is blocked. The dangerous emails use subject lines including Your […]

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Compromised websites provide neat spam sending form – based on PHPThumbs exploit

08

Aug

2011

What do the following websites have in common? www.alwaysnewyou.com – a health and beauty advice site levelvet.com – a Russian shopping site www.villahadir.lu – a site describing a restaurant in Luxembourg These sites and thousands more use a script called “PHPThumb” to manage the images on their webpages. The script allows page designers to fix […]

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