Posts Tagged ‘unsolicited emails’

Money Transfer Spam Campaign with HTML Attachment

Feb

2013

Phishers love to arouse curiosity and/or fear in the user’s mind and this stimulus can compel people to set aside all caution as well as any safety measures they might have in place to avoid such scams.In a recent spam sample seen in our probe network, we observed that by taking advantage of human curiosity, […]

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Adobe Flash Update Counters CVE 2012-1535

Aug

2012

Adobe has recommended that its Flash customers update to the latest version, which addresses a vulnerability (CVE 2012-1535) in the ActiveX component of the Flash player. This flaw could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.Overview of the attack.We have also observed that the vulnerability […]

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Spam campaign slanders Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas

Aug

2012

Spammers are trying to capitalize on the excitement surrounding the gold medal performance of the United States women’s gymnastic team by manufacturing a controversy where none exists, hoping that curious Olympics fans will rush into their trap.The trap is an email message accusing team member Gabrielle Douglas of using a banned substance.(click for full size […]

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Money Transfer Spam Campaign with HTML Attachment

Adobe Flash Update Counters CVE 2012-1535

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