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An analysis of the ACH spam campaign

08

Sep

2011

Recently, we have seen a resurgence of malicious spam campaigns using an “ACH” theme. The Automated Clearing House (ACH) is an an electronic network for financial transactions in the United States overseen by NACHA. Last week, we came across a suspicious looking spam campaign with the unusual subject line “UAE Central Bank Warning: Email scam […]

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New malware attack via Facebook – A tricky approach can cause immense damage

17

Aug

2011

The past days brought a new wave of malware attacks via Facebook to German speaking users. Many users received a message via Facebook’s chat functionality that looked something like this: The shortened URLs varied, but the outcome has been the same: Clicking the link downloaded an executable file that disguises as .jpg file! In case […]

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Fake Firefox update email – don’t click, or you may have your passwords stolen

08

Aug

2011

Although we see some very sneaky social engineering tricks used by scammers and cybercriminals on occasions, designed to trick users into making unwise decisions, we also see some very basic attempts at online crime. Take, for instance, this email which was spammed out this weekend pretending to be an advisory about a new update to […]

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