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Attacks Target TimThumb Vulnerability

08

Nov

2011

We were recently alerted to the reports of an attack leveraging a vulnerability in TimThumb – a PHP script for cropping, zooming, and resizing Web images (.JPG,.PNG, .GIF) and used as an add-on script on WordPress. The said vulnerability enables cybercriminals to perform local file insertion. When successfully exploited, it inserts a PHP script, which […]

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Steve Jobs Proclaimed Alive by Spam

07

Oct

2011

After tricking users into viewing advertisements through a Facebook scam, cybercriminals are again capitalizing on the death of Steve Jobs through malicious spam.We were able to find spam messages that contain the text “Steve Jobs Alive” or “Steve Jobs Not Dead“.Another Steve Jobs-related spam we saw is in Portuguese, and includes a short text about […]

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What Has Become of Spam?

03

Oct

2011

Spammers have moved into new fields like social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter). Like mass-mailing attacks, social media spam runs are triggered by the same motivation. Businesses that use social media can come across Web threats in the course of marketing and promotion. Social media spam may also cause system infections through employees who access social networking sites at work.Spam have come a long […]

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