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Malware: ‘Scan from a HP OfficeJet’ attack spammed out widely

23

Feb

2012

SophosLabs is intercepting a widespread criminal campaign to infect innocent users’ computers. The attack has been spammed out widely, pretending to be an email containing a scan from an HP OfficeJet printer. The precise wording used in the dangerous emails’ subject lines, message body and attachment names can vary – but here are some examples: […]

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Adobe InDesign License Key malware attack spammed out

07

Dec

2011

Criminal hackers have spammed out emails which pretend to contain a license key for the desktop publishing program Adobe InDesign. Their intention? To infect your Windows computer with malware. The emails pretend to come from Adobe, in a noxious campaign which bears many similarities to the fake Adobe Acrobat Reader updates spammed out yesterday. A […]

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Malware attack poses as bloody photos of Gaddafi’s death

21

Oct

2011

The death of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi has almost inevitably resulted in cybercriminals taking advantage of the news story, and the general public’s seeming interest in viewing ghoulish photos and videos of his last moments. Malicious hackers have spammed out an attack posing as pictures of Gaddafi’s death, tricking users into believing that they came […]

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