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Spammers Bless New Pope with Spam

Mar

2013

With the amount of media coverage surrounding this year’s papal conclave and inauguration, it’s hardly a surprise that cybercriminals have taken advantage of this event to victimize users. We recently spotted spam that use newly-elected Pope Francis as the subject.These email messages use the new pope and controversies surrounding the Catholic Church to pique the […]

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BKDR_KULUOZ – At a Spam Near You

Feb

2013

Expecting an online booking or package delivery confirmation? Just make sure to avoid these fake email messages serving BKDR_KULUOZ.PFG.This backdoor was first seen in the wild around April to June of 2012 and a part of a well-known botnet. However, we have recently been noticing several spam variants carrying this malware, like the one below:Figure […]

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The DORKBOT Rises

Oct

2012

DORKBOT, also known as NgrBot, is not a new threat. In fact, it was seen in the wild as early as 2011. Yet last week, DORKBOT made the news for spreading via Skype spammed messages, and has now reached than 17,500 reported infections globally. So what is DORKBOT, really?A worm with multiple propagation routinesDORKBOT typically […]

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