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Malicious Ads Push Fake Browser Updates

Nov

2012

Thinking of updating your web browsers? Just make sure that you download from legitimate sources, instead of downloading malware disguised as browser updates onto your system.Just recently, we were alerted to a report of several websites offering updates for Internet browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer just to name some. Users may encounter these […]

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You Have Received a Christmas Card

Nov

2012

It is more than a month until Christmas, but spammers are all set to spam the vacation season. We have observed Christmas related spam messages flowing into the Symantec Probe Network.For greeting card spam, spammers used a legitimate look and feel in the email with headers (Subject & From) and flash animations that included a […]

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Skype Messages Spreading DORKBOT Variants

Oct

2012

As reported earlier by Rik Ferguson, users are facing more waves of Skype spammed messages. These attacks are being used to distribute various threats, including ransomware and infostealers.These attacks, which arrive as Skype messages, ask if the user has a new profile picture:The link (which includes the username of the recipient) goes to a file […]

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