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Western Union money transfer email disguises Trojan attack

31

Aug

2011

If you’re clued-up about computer security, it’s unlikely that you would fall for this scam. However, there are plenty of people who haven’t learnt to be suspicious of unsolicited emails and wouldn’t think twice about opening an attachment if they believe they’ve been sent some money via Western Union. You can imagine how people might […]

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Hurricane Irene Inspires Phishing Scams

27

Aug

2011

As Hurricane Irene barrels toward the eastern seaboard, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning government agencies and private companies to be on the lookout for storm-related phishing attacks and other malicious cyberactivity. In an alert issued Thursday , the agency said that cybercriminals go into overdrive during highly publicized physical events such as […]

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Bots resurrected – malicious spam on the rise.

18

Aug

2011

Websense ThreatSeekerR Network has been monitoring an increase in malicious spam activity over the last 28 days, and a recent spike which seems to be spreading quickly and in large amounts begs the suspicion that a spam bot or a bot network is awake. Some of the message subjects that we’ve seen include, but are not limited to: DELIVERY CONFIRMATION FROM […]

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