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When spear phishers target security researchers

01

Jun

2011

Every now and then a would-be criminal online picks the wrong potential victim. I was recently selling a 1995 Ford Escort on the site Craigslist.com and had a number of interested buyers. One such candidate offered a $500 IOU plus a six-month supply of tile grout. Luckily, he never showed up. Another potential buyer, by […]

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Cashing on ‘ScamBook’

23

May

2011

Last week, Umesh blogged extensively about the Facebook Scams. The previous scams have demonstrated that Facebook is struggling to contain these attacks. While some attacks seek to spread malicious code, many that we see are attempts to profit from shady advertising. Yesterday I saw a posting on friend’s Facebook wall entitled “DOG ATTACKS A KID! […]

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Viruses, Phishing Attacks and Scams Spreading via Links in Facebook User Comments

22

May

2011

We have seen a lot of Facebook users post the following message to their wall today:VIRUS GOING THROUGH OUR COMMENTS. IT WILL START SENDING LINKS IN YOUR NAME. IT SAYS, “I KNOW YOU WILL LOVE THIS”, OR “LOOKING FOR SOME FUN”,THEN IT HAS A PAGE LINK SAYING, “NEW GIFTS FOR YOU”. DO NOT OPEN THIS […]

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