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A royal baby arrives so be wary of malicious spam

24

Jul

2013

Just like earthquakes, tsunamis and Justin Bieber screw ups, the birth of a royal baby in London in the UK provides spammers with a good hook to land their social engineering or malware on unsuspecting victims’ PCs. The AVG Web Threats Research Group found this one this morning. It’s a fake “live update” gimmick: You […]

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Has Justin Bieber died in a car crash? No. But that doesn’t stop Facebook users spreading the “news”

04

Mar

2013

Before you start sobbing, let me tell you the good news.Justin Bieber hasn’t died in a car crash.Phew! I’m sure we’re all relieved about that. Not least Mister Bieber himself.But what if you had heard on the grapevine that the pint-sized heart-throb had come to a grisly end? How would you have confirmed the news?Chances […]

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Web Threat Update: MSN Cool Exploit Kit

22

Jan

2013

1. MSN site redirects to Cool Exploit Kit Last weekend the AVG Web Threat Research group noticed a spike in LinkScannerR detections on an Italian language MSN page. The website contained an obfuscated redirect to another website running the Cool Exploit Kit and installing ransomware on users’ machines. In the screenshot below you see the […]

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