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Malicious Gaddafi Death Spam Continues

01

Nov

2011

Contributor: Anand Muralidharan Recently, the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi triggered a malware attack which Symantec previously blogged about. We have observed spammers' continued delight with this news event through the sending of malicious attack and 419 spam messages. In the spam targeting residents of Brazil, a video showing Gadhafi asking for mercy and […]

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Video of Gadhafi’s Death Being Used for Spam

27

Oct

2011

We’ve been seeing a particular social engineering lure in spam runs in the past, where spammers leverage the death of a known celebrity or political figure. Recent examples of this include the death of Steve Jobs, and Amy Winehouse. In this spam run using Gadhafi’s death, however, a more compelling lure is being used to […]

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Libyan Leader Muammar Gadhafi’s Death Spam

24

Oct

2011

Threat Analysis: Alan Neville As word spreads of the death of Muammar Gadhafi, cybercriminals are starting to take advantage. We are already seeing spam campaigns related to his death with malicious attachments. Here are a couple of examples of what we have seen so far. This particular campaign claims that Muammar Gadahfi’s death may not […]

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