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Botnet Owners Feeling “Grum” After Takedown

21

Jul

2012

A coordinated effort lead by security researchers at FireEye and Spamhaus has resulted in the takedown of one of the largest spam botnets in the threat landscape. The botnet, known as Grum, was reportedly responsible for close to a third of the world’s spam email traffic.We’ve been watching the developments carefully here at Symantec and […]

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Yahoo! Android App Vulnerability May Allow Spamming

16

Jul

2012

Just days after reports of a supposed Android botnet spam run surfaced, we found a Yahoo! Android app vulnerability, which when exploited, allows an attacker to send spammed messages using the compromised Yahoo! account. First Spam Run via Android Botnet?Last week, several messages were found peddling fake pharma sites or contain links leading to phishing […]

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You pig! Malware-laced emails spammed out posing as incriminating photos

05

Jul

2012

A widespread malware attack has been spammed out, posing as incriminating photos of the recipient which could get them in trouble with their partner.The emails, which have the subject line “You pig!”, are designed to infect Windows users and carry a malware attachment posing as a digital photograph. Subject: You pig! Message body:You should be […]

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