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Win32.Rmnet.12 botnet exceeds three million hosts

Jun

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is reporting that the Win32.Rmnet.12 network, monitored by its virus analysts since September 2011, exceeded three million infected hosts in June. The Win32.Rmnet.12 file infector could pose a serious threat, because it can steal passwords stored by popular FTP clients and perform backdoor tasks. In mid-April 2012 Doctor Web reported […]

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ChatSend Spam Campaign on Both Facebook and Twitter

Dec

2011

We’re seeing a rather suspicious social spam run on both Facebook and Twitter today. And apparently, it’s been spreading for 5 days. The social spam uses a bit.ly short link with various numerical parameters. And in an interesting move, the spam posts two links. (Perhaps this helps evade anti-spam filters?) Depending on geo-IP and the […]

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Where in the World is Razim Al Hamed?

Oct

2011

Here’s a Spanish language Facebook scam about the “World’s richest man” giving away thousand dollar cheques to anybody that wants one. You could probably write “Oh dear” and leave it at that, but let’s take a peek anyway. Scams involving a chap called “Razim Al Hamed” have been bouncing around since at least 2009, and he’s […]

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