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Malicious Gaddafi Death Spam Continues

01

Nov

2011

Contributor: Anand Muralidharan Recently, the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi triggered a malware attack which Symantec previously blogged about. We have observed spammers' continued delight with this news event through the sending of malicious attack and 419 spam messages. In the spam targeting residents of Brazil, a video showing Gadhafi asking for mercy and […]

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Step 1 – infect millions of computers. Step 2 – ?

19

Sep

2011

Someone somewhere is trying hard. The “someone” is a cybercriminal or organization, and since the 8th of August they have been trying hard to infect millions of computers worldwide. The purpose of this vast computing force is still not clear. The attacks of the last month have made extensive use of email-attached malware, resulting in […]

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Desire for knowledge or the vice of curiosity?

15

Sep

2011

One of the main rules of IT security is to be very cautious when dealing with archived attachments in emails. “If you’re not sure, don’t open it!” It’s an easy rule to follow when the text in the message obviously has nothing to do with you. When an experienced user reads about IT security problems […]

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