Posts Tagged ‘many things’

Thieves in the Temple: Android.Opfake Makes Another Run

May

2012

The Opfake gang can be called many things but “lazy” isn't one of them. In the digital age we live in, they are taking the analog art of social engineering to new heights. Several dummy sites have been established, acting as a front for the distribution of popular game titles. All of the front-end sites […]

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Dropbox Abused by Spammers

Mar

2012

Recently we noticed spammers abusing Dropbox, a popular cloud-based, file-hosting and synchronization tool, to spread spam. Dropbox accounts have a public folder where files can be placed and made publicly available. This function is useful to spammers, as it effectively turns Dropbox into a free hosting site. Spammers have abused URL shortening and free hosting […]

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McDonald’s Facebook scam: Happy Birthday to…Donald?

Oct

2011

I’m sure a McDonald’s themed Facebook scam seemed like a good idea to somebody at the time, but wow is this one all over the place. It’s your typical “Click here to Like”, “Post a spam comment saying how good this is” then “do one of these offers” affair. However, there are many things about […]

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