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.pw URLs in Spam Keep Showing Up

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May

2013

Last week, Symantec posted a blog on an increase in spam messages with .pw URLs. Since then, spam messages with .pw URLs have begun showing up even more. Figure 1. .pw TLD spam message increase Symantec conducted some analysis into where these attacks are coming from in terms of IP spaces. As expected, Symantec observed a large […]

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Rise of .pw URLs in Spam Messages

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Apr

2013

Symantec has observed an increase in spam messages containing .pw top-level domain (TLD) URLs. While it was originally a country code top-level domain for Palau, it is now available to the general public through Directi, who branded it as “Professional Web”. Figure 1. .pw TLD URL spam message increase Looking back at the last 90 days, .pw […]

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Cybercriminals Exploit News of Boston Marathon Bombing, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

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Apr

2013

McAfee Labs Messaging Security recently observed a spam campaign based on the Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion. The messages take advantage of our interest in these tragic events to lure victims to malware and exploits. Last week my colleague Paras Gupta blogged about the use of the Blackhole exploit kit to […]

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