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Dropbox Abused by Spammers

08

Mar

2012

Recently we noticed spammers abusing Dropbox, a popular cloud-based, file-hosting and synchronization tool, to spread spam. Dropbox accounts have a public folder where files can be placed and made publicly available. This function is useful to spammers, as it effectively turns Dropbox into a free hosting site. Spammers have abused URL shortening and free hosting […]

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Survey Scams Find Their Way into Pinterest

03

Mar

2012

Pinterest is the newest social networking site that’s steadily gaining popularity among users this year. Users can create their own “boards” where they can “pin” images or videos of anything they like. Users can “re-pin” images and videos posted by other users to their own boards or they can use the Pin It button to […]

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Cybercriminals Leverage Whitney Houston’s Death

13

Feb

2012

News of Whitney Houston’s sudden demise spread like wildfire in the Internet. Countless tweets, Facebook wall posts, and news items circulated regarding the singer’s death at age 48. Given the massive attention that Houston’s death generated, cybercriminals are naturally out there taking advantage of this unfortunate incident. We have uncovered two web threats shortly after […]

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