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BigPond Email Users Targeted by Phishing Scam

14

Aug

2014

A phishing campaign currently affecting Australian users attempts to lure them to a malicious website by informing that their BigPond account is about to be cancelled unless they reactivate it by logging in. The reason offered for the decision to cancel the email inbox is that the service is upgrading the database and needs to […]

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Beware of Malicious Funeral Notifications

17

Jan

2014

Earlier this week, experts issued an alert to warn users about fake funeral notifications sent out by cybercriminals in an effort to lure internauts to a malicious website. It appears theres more than one variant of the fake messages. Hoax Slayer has spotted a version of the spam email that carries the subject line Fune…

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Browlock Cybercriminals Use Malvertising to Lure Victims to Malicious Site

18

Dec

2013

Security researchers from Symantec say the Browlock ransomware leverages malvertising in order to attract users to a malicious website. Earlier this year, researchers uncovered an interesting piece of browser-based ransomware. The threat, dubbed Browlock, doesnt encrypt files and it doesnrsqu…

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