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Facebook Malvertisement Leads to Exploits

05

Oct

2011

There are already many known ways by which cybercriminals target Facebook users. In the infographic we recently released, “The Geography of Social Media Threats,” we illustrated the different social networking features cybercriminals abused and the threats that these usually lead to.In the course of conducting research, we found one specific attack that targeted Facebook users through […]

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New spam sources in the making

13

Sep

2011

After the Pushdo/Cutwail, Bredolab and Rustock botnets were taken offline, the geography of spam sources underwent some major changes. In particular, from September 2010 the US, for a long time the leading spam distributor, began to lose ground. For several months now it hasn’t even made it into the Top 10 leading sources of spam […]

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Hurricane Irene Scam Hits Facebook

29

Aug

2011

Hurricane Irene surely turned New York City to “city that never sleeps” as it brought flood waters, knocked out power to more than 4 million people and was even responsible for at least 15 deaths in six states.What’s worse is that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the incident by spamming a fake video on Facebook.The […]

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