Posts Tagged ‘western union’

Blackhole Spam Runs Return From Holiday Break

Jan

2013

Blackhole exploit kit (BHEK) spam attacks remain to be a prevalent threat up to this day. In fact, it is one of the top five consumer threats for 2012 due to its use of software vulnerabilities and social engineering tactic of leveraging companies like Verizon, Citibank AT&T, and Western Union among others. Furthermore, there are […]

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Profiling a Vendor of Visa/Mastercard Plastics and Holograms

Jan

2012

What is it that cybercriminals needs once they have obtained access to stolen financial data? Next to money mules, that’s empty plastic cards in which they will later on embed the stolen financial data. Let’s profile a vendor of empty Visa/Mastercard plastic cards and holograms in order to gain a better picture at just how […]

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Scammers try to trick LinkedIn users with sob story

Dec

2011

It’s a terrible situation. One of your friends or work colleagues has gone on urgent business far away, and has been robbed of their credit cards, wallet and mobile phone. But you can be a hero! You can rescue them by galloping in to the rescue by sending them some much-needed cash. Of course, it’s […]

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