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“INTUIT INC” malicious spam and {int_link} fail

27

Jan

2012

A new version of a familiar spam that is meant to have a malicious payload: Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2012 20:43:03 +0100 From: “INTUIT INC.” [onlinebanking@ealerts.bankofamerica.com] Subject: Your tax information needs verification. Dear Sir/Madam, In our continuing effort to assure that exact information is being kept up on our systems, as well […]

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Spamvertised IRS-themed “Last Notice” Emails Serving Malware

19

Oct

2011

Cybercriminals are once again impersonating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for malware-serving purposes. In this intelligence brief, we’ll dissect the malware campaign. Spamvertised attachment: IRS_Calculations_#ID6749.zipSpamvertised message: Notice, There are arrears reckoned on your account over a period of 2010-2011 year. You will find all calculations according to your financial debt, enclosed. You have to pay […]

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AVG Web threat weekly update – Week 40

07

Oct

2011

1. Blackhole moving to IRS instead of NACHA email spam. Using the IRS name and logo in email is one of those perennial favorites of scammers. It makes sense from their point of view, since any correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service is either serious good news or serious bad news – everybody is going […]

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