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Users receive malware instead of travel documents – Fake booking confirmations lure users into malware trap

03

May

2012

The holidays are getting closer and many people are using the Internet to find out information on holiday destinations or even conveniently book their entire holiday over the Internet. In fact over 14 million people in Germany have booked a holiday via the Internet in the past year (source: VuMa 2011). Online criminals are picking […]

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Session riding endangers unsuspecting web surfers – Thousands of websites have been hijacked and infected with malicious code

19

Apr

2012

The attackers injected script code into regular websites which leads the unsuspecting visitors to a deposited malicious JavaScript file on an external server. This file is designed to steal session cookies in order to make it possible for the attacker to pretend to be the real user and to use this session for fraudulent actions. […]

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Tax refund spams are back

07

Mar

2012

It’s that time of the year when people in some parts of the world are filing their tax returns, and what better time for cyber crooks to trick them into falling prey for phishing attacks via emails. India has been reported in recent malware threat reports as one of the regions with high spam activity […]

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