Posts Tagged ‘fake emails’

Fake CNN and BBC spam news messages

Mar

2013

Fake CNN and BBC spam messages use current events like “New Pope sued over sex abuse” to lure users to exploit sites. AVG Web Threats researchers have found spam from scammers using the Blackhole exploit kit that use the issue of sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church as bait. The spam, which impersonates CNN.com […]

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Fake Antivirus Renewal Email Rises from the Dead

Mar

2013

Over the last few years, many reports, white papers, and blogs have been released detailing targeted attacks. For example, some attacks employ sophisticated infection methods, such as watering hole attacks, and some rely on exploit code hidden in document files mixed with social engineering schemes. Some time ago, when the malware world was still dominated […]

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Exploits posing as messages from payroll company ADP

Aug

2012

A malware campaign has targeted organizations with fake emails from payroll service companies such as ADP. The Internet Storm Center (ISC) is reporting that for the past few weeks, crooks have been disguising malicious email under the guise of multiple payroll management service companies. ADP is a prominent example. On its security alerts page, ADP […]

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