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Twitter Compromise EMails: Don’t Panic

09

Nov

2012

It’s never a good feeling to have a “Sorry, your login credentials just exploded so hard aliens in another galaxy will put up a quarantine zone around your solar system” mail, which is pretty bad considering I had one of these staring me in the face earlier today: Click to Enlarge Twitter believes that your […]

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Weak Passwords Leave Users Vulnerable to PE_MUSTAN.A

19

Oct

2012

Seen in the wild last July 2012, PE_MUSTAN.A spreads around less secured networks and is known to target systems with weak passwords. Its roots can be traced from WORM_MORTO.SM that proliferated a year before. While this tactic of brute forcing its way around the network is not new anymore, PE_MUSTAN’s presence proves that supposed secured […]

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This Spam Gives Recipients a Second Chance

16

Oct

2012

This latest find from our researchers in the AV Labs is filed under the “We Found Another Facebook Spam” pile. Let it be a warning to you, dear Reader, about this mail that purports to originate from Facebook and bears the subject “Verify your account”. It isn’t clear what this verification notice is about unless […]

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