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Beware the phony Classmates.com email

13

Jun

2012

Classmates.com has become the latest in a series of well-known brands to be abused by a particular gang of malware distributors. The similarities to other outbreaks include: Linking to multiple compromised sites which then redirect to the malware hosting sites Favoring WordPress sites (that can be exploited) Hosting the malware on various .ru domains Showing […]

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“Upgrade your Tumblr Dashboard” Leads to Chrome Extension

30

May

2012

Yesterday I saw a number of comments being posted to the Ask box of various Tumblr users – here’s one: “hey whats up? saw your blog and really liked it! what do you think of mine? ” The recipient of the comment is expected to visit the Tumblr of the commenter, at which point they’re […]

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Is it a Norton or an AOL phishing scam?

22

May

2012

As a security researcher, I occasionally get some interesting goodies in my old AOL inbox. This morning I received a couple of phishing scam emails purporting to be from “Norton Symantec.” The fraudulent emails claimed, in part: “Your e-mail address was successfully upgraded with the latest Norton Antivirus update. In order to ensure your account […]

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