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Koobface gang turns off command servers, as Russian police explain lack of action

Jan

2012

The publication of a detailed investigation into alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. The C&C (comamnd and control) servers at the heart of Koobface have stopped responding, and the individuals uncovered by the report have been busy deleting their profiles on social networks, where they had left […]

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Symantec source code breach saga continues

Jan

2012

Two weeks ago, we wrote about the wrangle between Indian cybercrew The Lords of Dhamaraja and Symantec, in which the theft of some of Symantec’s source code was revealed. At the time, Infosec Island, which describes itself as an “online community, infosec portal and a social network all-in-one,” quoted a Symantec spokesman as saying: Symantec […]

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Video of Gadhafi’s Death Being Used for Spam

Oct

2011

We’ve been seeing a particular social engineering lure in spam runs in the past, where spammers leverage the death of a known celebrity or political figure. Recent examples of this include the death of Steve Jobs, and Amy Winehouse. In this spam run using Gadhafi’s death, however, a more compelling lure is being used to […]

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