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Persistent Black Hole Spam Runs Underway

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Apr

2012

Over the past month we’ve been investigating several high-volume spam runs that sent users to websites compromised with the Black Hole exploit kit. Some of the spam runs that were part of this investigation used the name of Facebook, and US Airways. Other spam runs involved LinkedIn, as well as USPS. The most recent campaign […]

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WikiPharmacy? Fake Notifications Spammed Out

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Apr

2012

Symantec is intercepting a resurgence of spam attacks on popular brands. Spam messages that are replicas of the Wikipedia email address confirmation alert are the new vector for the present. The said spam messages pretend to be originating from Wikipedia, and are selling meds, with the following subject line: “Subject: Wikipedia e-mail address confirmation”. The spoofed Wikipedia […]

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Happy Valentine’s Derp

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Feb

2012

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, what better way to say “I love you” than, uh, losing your login details and spamming $500 Victoria’s Secret giftcards to all your Tumblr followers. Click to Enlarge As with the previous spam attacks (Starbucks gift cards and free plane tickets), the Tumblr post pretends to be a “Tumblr […]

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