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Malicious email MMS targets mobile phone users

02

Dec

2012

The Websense® ThreatSeeker™ Network has detected a malicious spam campaign that tries to exploit customers of major mobile phone companies. Specifically, we have detected thousands of emails claiming users have received MMS content via email localized to Australian and German carriers late last week: Because mobile phone use is an everyday activity, users could be tricked into opening and […]

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AVG Threat Update: Week 46

15

Nov

2012

1. Scammers quickly exploit Hurricane Sandy disasterEmail scammers quickly jumped to take advantage of the effort to aid communities in the northeastern U.S. hit by super storm Sandy last week. Sadly, such scam emails that impersonate charities such as the Red Cross are an expected part of the aftermath of any disaster that makes world […]

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Fake ‘KLM e-Ticket’ attempts to install backdoor

21

Sep

2012

Fake airline e-ticket emails containing malicious attachments are far from new. However, the Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected a significant campaign purporting to originate from KLM, the Dutch flagship airline. We estimate we intercepted more than 850,000 messages from this campaign on Monday, September 17, alone. Each malicious message, with a subject 'KLM e-Ticket', appears to use a legitimate KLM […]

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