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Scammers Love Football and Social Media Themes

28

Sep

2012

Thanks to Avdhoot Patil for his assistance with this research.Phishers have recently gained a lot of interest in football. After the scam on the 2014 FIFA World Cup, they have set their eyes on footballer Lionel Messi. In September 2012, Symantec observed the use of various social-networking themes in phishing. A number of these themes […]

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Voice Mail Notifications and ADP Emails Lead to Blackhole Exploit Kit

13

Sep

2012

Since Blackhole Exploit Kit 2.0 was recently introduced, we wanted to give our readers a few examples of how they might get exposed to this threat through email. Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has recently intercepted a few malicious email campaigns that try to lure the victims to Web pages that host this popular exploit kit. Some of the themes […]

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Sham London 2012 Olympics Scandal Leads to Trojan

07

Aug

2012

Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of sporting events like the London Olympics 2012 for their malicious activities. Some of the attacks that leveraged this event include fake live streaming websites, fraudulent sites that sell bogus tickets, and malicious Olympics-related app hosted in a fake Google Play store. Adding to the list of attacks using […]

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