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New fake antivirus spam hits Twitter

19

Apr

2012

What’s the story? A new wave of spam has hit the popular social network Twitter which pushes advertisements for a free and “proven” antivirus. The link is malicious and the antivirus is fake. So far over 500 Twitter accounts have clocked up over 4000 tweets of this spam message and that number is rising fast […]

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Tax refund spams are back

07

Mar

2012

It’s that time of the year when people in some parts of the world are filing their tax returns, and what better time for cyber crooks to trick them into falling prey for phishing attacks via emails. India has been reported in recent malware threat reports as one of the regions with high spam activity […]

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Phishers Use US-CERT Email Address as Bait

12

Jan

2012

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (simply known as US-CERT) is the latest bait phishers used to get users to install malware on user systems. US-CERT is a highly esteemed and trusted body of security professionals who tackle cybersecurity issues in the United States. They also work with security vendors to address vulnerability issues. With such […]

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