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Phishers Use US-CERT Email Address as Bait

12

Jan

2012

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (simply known as US-CERT) is the latest bait phishers used to get users to install malware on user systems. US-CERT is a highly esteemed and trusted body of security professionals who tackle cybersecurity issues in the United States. They also work with security vendors to address vulnerability issues. With such […]

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Fake emails- Adobe Critical Upgrade.

07

Dec

2011

A new fake email, which pretends to be from Adobe is in the wild and spreading on the internet. The email has an attachment, which contains an executable file having PDF icon. If the user gets lure by this mail and execute the file, the computer gets infected. The sample I came across installs a […]

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Facebook chat worm continues to spread

05

Dec

2011

Last week Naked Security warned of a Facebook worm that was spreading on the social network, tricking users into believing that they were clicking on a link to an image. The bad news is that the attack appears to still appears to be spreading via Facebook’s chat system, exploiting compromised users’ accounts. An analysis by […]

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