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Trojans spammed out in malicious wave of fake DHL emails

18

Aug

2011

There is a significant wave of malicious emails being spammed out presently, posing as notification messages from DHL. If you make the mistake of opening the attached ZIP file you will be putting your computer at risk of infection by a Trojan horse. There’s nothing new, of course, about cybercriminals disguising their attacks as notifications […]

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The “Facebook-Killer” – Facebook Scam..

02

Aug

2011

Most people think that the social networking giant, Facebook, is a place to share photos and connect with people. Unfortunately, the network is also used to spread fake/scam messages that play with users belief, making them click on such scam messages. A new scam has spread quickly across Facebook this weekend, pretending to be a […]

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Compromised Twitter accounts spam out money-making adverts

01

Aug

2011

Compromised Twitter accounts are once again being used by criminals to spam out adverts to unsuspecting users. In the latest attack, Direct Messages (DMs) have been sent between Twitter users promoting a “make money fast” website. A typical message looks like this: I made $XXX today – check out how I made it [LINK] (In […]

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