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Return of the FTC Malicious Email campaign

02

Sep

2011

Websense Security LabsT and the Websense ThreatSeekerR Network have detected malicious emails posing as a consumer complaint notice from the Federal Trade Commission. Using names of government agencies as a ploy in this kind of malicious attack is anything but new. We have reported that both the National Security Agency and the Federal Reserve were used in malicious […]

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A Look Inside Targeted Email Attacks

15

Jul

2011

The number of targeted attacks has increased dramatically in recent years. Major companies, government agencies, and political organizations alike have reported being the target of attacks. The rule of the thumb is, the more sensitive the information that an organization handles, the higher the possibility of becoming a victim of such an attack. Here, we’ll […]

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CARBERP Sinkholing Speculations

23

May

2011

This report is related to the results of the sinkholing activity we conducted on a CARBERP communication-and-control (C&C) server. Our findings were initially published in this blog post. We contacted identifiable hosts that may have been affected by the CARBERP infections monitored by a particular C&C server. Beyond typical name/account information and perhaps information related […]

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