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Ransomware Locks Desktop with Survey Offers

15

Dec

2012

Ransomware – malicious files designed to lock an end-user out of their desktop while demanding lots of money in return – have been a bit of a plague this year, perhaps stealing the limelight from Ye Olde Fake AV as it attacks PCs with everything from random websites to infections targeting Skype users. Someone had […]

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Phishing the 1% – keylogger spam aims at hedge funds

15

Aug

2012

by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers If you were in the business of distributing malware that steals computer credentials, wouldn’t you want to get your payload installed on the computers of people with money – LOTS of money? Barracuda Labs recently detected a spam campaign that tries to do just that by […]

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LinkedIn spam leads to pump-and-dump stock scam

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Jun

2012

We used to see a lot of pump-and-dump stock spam. Pump-and-dump stock manipulation works like this: Spammers purchase stock in companies trading at very low levels, at a cheap price The spammers artificially inflate the stock’s price by encouraging others to purchase more (often by spamming “good news” about the company to others). They then […]

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