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Spamvertised “IRS notice” Serving Malware

10

Oct

2011

Cybercriminals are spamvertising yet another malware-serving campaign. Impersonating the IRS, malicious attackers are attempting to entice end users into downloading and executing a malicious file attachment. Spamvertised message: Tax 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. Sincerely, […]

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Blocking Another On-going Malware-spam Campaign

23

Sep

2011

Wrapping up our series on recent malware and phishing attacks showing up in our spam buckets, here’s a look at another on-going malware-spam campaign. This sample came in last week, pretending to be from the IRS: It reminded me of a big zeus-related spam campaign that Gary Warner blogged about earlier this summer, in his […]

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ZBOT Variant That Uses Domain-Generation Technique Spreads Through Facebook

23

Aug

2011

Our team recently encountered a spam run that leads to the download of a ZBOT variant that uses domain-generation technique. The spam run involves messages that arrive in users’ inboxes as a Facebook friend request notification. The message bears a link that the user must click to approve the friend request. Clicking the said link, […]

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