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Spam Emails Link To QR Codes

10

Jan

2012

It was just a matter of time, and now it’s happening. The WebsenseR ThreatSeekerR Network has started spotting spam messages that lead to URLs that use embedded QR codes. This is a clear movement and evolution of traditional spammers towards targeting mobile technology.The spam email messages look like traditional pharmaceutical spam emails (image 1) and contain a […]

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Carberp + BlackHole = growing fraud incidents

05

Dec

2011

In recent years there has been a tremendous increase in the Russian region in the number of sites redirecting users to the Black Hole exploit kit. In most cases, successful exploitation of a vulnerability in client software leads to the installation onto the victim’s machine of either the trojan Win32/TrojanDownloader.Carberp or or of Win32/Carberp (the […]

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Google Secures Searches, Shuts Out BHSEO Scammers

25

Nov

2011

Last month, Google announced that they were making search more secure for their users. They announced that users already signed in to Google would have a more secure experience. This meant two things: first, search queries and results would now be sent via HTTPS. This protects the searches of users with unsecured Internet connections, such […]

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