As the international community coordinates its response to the deepening crisis in Syria, scammers have once again demonstrated their skill at using current, high-profile events to their advantage. We have previously covered these methods in regards to Egypt, Libya, and the Rugby World Cup. We recently identified a scam message that claimed to be from […]
At first glance this looked like a “standard” email-malware attack. As with many similar attacks the email pretends to be carrying an eticket attachment – this time from Delta. The zip file holds executable malware. In case we weren’t sure this is malware here are some of the giveaways: The “flight” predates the email by about 2 […]
It’s not just malware authors who are taking advantage of the death of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi. Scammers and fraudsters are exploiting what they see as a money-making opportunity too. Take the following “top secret” email, for instance. It claims to come from one of Gaddafi’s cohorts, who says he is currently hiding in a small […]
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