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Protecting Against Attacks Similar to “Red October”

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Jan

2013

The targeted attack campaign dubbed Red October raises an interesting question for people working on the frontline of corporate security. How to defend one’s own organization against such attacks? And the good news is that at least for campaigns such as Red October, the information has been available for a long time already. From a […]

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Syrian Unrest Spurs Phishing Spell

21

Dec

2012

Phishers are known for incorporating current events into their phishing sites and never leaving any stone unturned. They are now capitalizing on the civil war in Syria. In December 2012, a phishing site spoofing a popular social networking site claimed to have a torture video of a prisoner in the Syrian prison, State Security Branch […]

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Fraudulent Facebook 2013 Demo

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Dec

2012

Fake applications offered by phishing sites continue to appear. In December 2012, a fake app was seen that was titled, “Facebook 2013 demo”. Social networking users in India were most likely targeted in this phishing attack because the phishing URL consisted of certain words in Hindi. The phishing site was hosted on a free Web-hosting […]

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