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The first big Google+ spam campaign blasted out by pill-pushers

02
Jul
2011

In what may very well be the first major cybercriminal campaign exploiting the Google+ brand, spammers are sending out bogus Google+ invitations that in reality point to online pharmacies. The messages look similar to the real emails that users may receive from friends who are already members of Google+. However, clicking on the links will […]

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No Such Thing As Free Lunch, And Free Supper Will Cost You

22
Jun
2011

People say there is no such thing as a free lunch, and as we’ve recently found out, there’s no such thing as free supper either. We’ve recently come across a spam run that uses a nonexistent promotion from popular fastfood chain McDonald’s to convince users to execute a malicious file. The spammed email messages are […]

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LinkedIn Phish – So Easy to Avoid

03
Jun
2011

Security vendor Trusteer blogged about a wave of fake LinkedIn emails that download malware on to your computer. The images Trusteer shows of the phish demonstrate how tricky the criminals are and how authentic the message looks, yet just yesterday I shared with you a foolproof method to prevent yourself from falling victim to such […]

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