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Dropbox Abused by Spammers

08

Mar

2012

Recently we noticed spammers abusing Dropbox, a popular cloud-based, file-hosting and synchronization tool, to spread spam. Dropbox accounts have a public folder where files can be placed and made publicly available. This function is useful to spammers, as it effectively turns Dropbox into a free hosting site. Spammers have abused URL shortening and free hosting […]

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PDF Malware Writers Keep Targeting Vulnerability

22

Feb

2012

We keep seeing new waves of PDF file-based attacks that exploit the Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-0188 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (BID 38195) that exists in certain unpatched versions of a popular PDF reading application. All these attacks were stopped by Symantec’s Skeptic™ technology. A typical example of such an exploited PDF sample contains highly […]

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‘Deleted’ Facebook photos survive online three years later

08

Feb

2012

“How do I delete my Facebook photos?” is a common question I hear. “You don’t,” is the correct answer. True, Facebook maintains that you can permanently delete photos. Here are the company’s instructions on how to perform the ritual of killing, if not the literal killing itself. The ritual might give you the fleeting satisfaction […]

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