Posts Tagged ‘subject lines’

A royal baby arrives so be wary of malicious spam

Jul

2013

Just like earthquakes, tsunamis and Justin Bieber screw ups, the birth of a royal baby in London in the UK provides spammers with a good hook to land their social engineering or malware on unsuspecting victims’ PCs. The AVG Web Threats Research Group found this one this morning. It’s a fake “live update” gimmick: You […]

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Use of Legit Online Translation Services in Pharmacy Spam

Jul

2013

For the last few months, Symantec has been observing pharmacy related spam attacks where spammers are using the legitimate Google Translate service to avoid anti spam filters. Most of the samples received were sent from hijacked email addresses from popular free mail services. The majority of the messages’ subject lines were promoting either online pharmacies or well-known tablets […]

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Spammers Kickoff Sale for United States Independence Day

Jul

2013

Independence Day in the United States is a federal holiday, commonly known as the 4th of July. It is traditionally celebrated with various political speeches, ceremonies, fireworks, and parades. Spammers are exploiting the holiday by sending numerous spam messages related to Independence Day events. Many of the spam samples observed are encouraging users to take […]

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