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Malware exploits death of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il

05

Jan

2012

As expected, malware developers and scam artists have greeted the death of North Korea's dictatorial leader, Kim Jong-il, with Black Hat SEO and Social Engineering attacks. The Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea suffered a heart attack on a train journey last month and a steady stream of schemes to exploit the […]

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Lady Gaga’s Twitter account tweeting links to survey scam

20

Dec

2011

The Twitter account of famous singer Lady Gaga has apparently been hacked. It's being used by attackers to lure her more than 17 million followers to click on a link: After a number of redirects, the link ultimately leads to a survey scam that is designed to harvest personal information: The first link uses the URL shortener bit.ly, […]

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Zeus Spam Changes Tactics

18

Dec

2011

McAfee Labs Messaging Security recently observed a new malicious spam campaign pushing password-stealing Trojans associated with the Zeus/Zbot family. This campaign leverages several notable social engineering techniques. For admins and netizens familiar with contemporary email-borne threats, a message purporting an undeliverable DHL, FedEx, or USPS package triggers an immediate red flag. Though still prevalent, those […]

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