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“Lost Weight” Spam Campaign Spreading on Facebook and ibibo

Dec

2011

Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network detects that a new spam campaign is spreading on Facebook and ibibo (a popular game site in India). The content of the spam messages is: "Lost 30 pounds in just 4 weeks all thanks to hcg. Check it out: http://spam_url". We have seen a number of similar spam campaigns on Facebook such as, "Sexiest Video Ever" on Facebook", "Osama […]

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Malware signed with a governmental signing key

Nov

2011

Certificates and CAs continue to be a hot topic (think Stuxnet, Duqu, Comodogate, Diginotar etc). Every now and then we run into malware that has been signed with a code signing certificate. This is problematic, as an unsigned Windows application will produce a warning to the end user if he downloads it from the web […]

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With Rogue AV, It’s More Than a Game of “Spot What’s Different”

Nov

2011

Rogue AV has been one of the biggest profit-generating schemes for cybercriminals since its inception. These past few months, however, our team in the AV Labs has seen a decline, and this is due to a combination of factors, including continued coverage of these scams in non-technical news sources, efforts on the part of the […]

Category General Written by GFI Labs blog 0 Comments

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