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As real estate market heats up, so do real estate phishing emails

Jul

2012

The real estate market in the United States is showing signs of heating up, and spammers are taking advantage of the increased activity by sending thousands and thousands of email phishing messages. Disguised as real estate listing notifications the messages are sent with the hope that harried home buyers, desperate for new properties, will unwittingly […]

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American Red Cross spam links to Paypal.com

Jun

2012

by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Spammers often take advantage of a wide variety of recognizable brands; Microsoft, UPS, banks, even the FBI. Whenever a large natural disaster strikes, such as the recent Colorado wildfires, spammers diversify and send donation emails using the brands of well known charities. A good example of […]

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Bank phishing malware bypasses DNS to trick the web browser

May

2012

by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Bank phishing is a world-wide problem, but nowhere is it more widespread or sophisticated than in Latin America. Consumers throughout the Southern Hemisphere are constantly bombarded by web links and spam attachments which present convincing displays that aim to steal usernames, passwords and other authentication tokens. […]

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