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Stratfor customers targeted by cybercriminals

14

Feb

2012

Cybercriminals are continuing to use a social engineering trick to lure users for their malware campaigns. This time, they targeted customers of Stratfor – a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis. Attacks against Stratfor clients began after a reported breach of their customer database. The spammed email contains an attached PDF file named “stratfor.pdf”. Upon opening […]

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Chocolate Covered Exploit?

14

Feb

2012

Valentine’s Day is here, and stores are flooded with flowers, chocolates, and gift cards. Showing appreciation to your significant other(s) with a box of expensive chocolates has become a tradition, but Googling to find the perfect gourmet chocolate gift has never been more dangerous. Events such as Valentine’s Day are a prime target for many hackers. Because […]

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Injection code masquerades as Google Analytics

07

Feb

2012

The Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has discovered a new wave of injection of malicious code disguising itself as Google Analytics, by adopting similar code snippets and malicious domains. It is quite convincing at first glance, but remember, usually we put the analytics code at the bottom of the page, instead of at the top, so […]

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