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NACHA payment rejected – malware (not phishing)

29

Jun

2011

Last week we reported about a large outbreak of emails that inform recipients of rejected IRS payments. The IRS theme has now been replaced with NACHA-themed emails that contain virtually identical content – including links to malware executable s that are presented as “self-extracting” PDF files. NACHA manages the development, administration, and governance of the […]

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Is Facebook the right place to report a crime?

29

Jun

2011

Ballarat, a country town in Victoria, Australia, has made the news today thanks to social networking. Under the headline Police tell users Facebook takes the complaints, regional newspaper The Courier reports: Flyers have been sent to several police stations in the region, urging residents to contact Facebook’s abuse department for minor matters rather than involve […]

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W32.Qakbot – Under The Surface

20

May

2011

W32.Qakbot is a worm that's been around since at least 2009. The worm initially infects users by exploiting vulnerabilities when a certain Web pages are visited. It subsequenly spreads through network shares and removable drives. It downloads additional files, steals information, and opens a back door on the compromised computer. During the past few months […]

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