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Rise of .in URLs in Spam

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May

2012

Symantec has observed an increase in spam messages containing URLs using the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. This chart shows percentage of spam containing .in URLs: While there were few daily spikes last year, clearly there has been more activity in the last two months. Looking back at last year, the ccTLD for […]

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Free $100 McDonald’s Gift Card for Mother’s Day – Facebook Scam

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May

2012

Scam Message:Free $100 McDonald’s Gift Card for Mother’s DayScam Type: Survey ScamTrending: May 2012Why it’s a Scam:Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page:Step 1 requires you to share a message to your Facebook profile. This is how the scam is spreading so quickly on Facebook. Think before you click, so you aren’t willingly […]

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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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