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Fake Groupon discount emails carry malware

30

Jul

2012

Cybercriminals have spammed out malware, attached to emails claiming to be related to discounts for offers on Groupon.The emails, which have the poorly spelt subject line of “Groupon dicount gifts” (in itself something which should ring alarm bells), pretend to come from Groupon, and claim that one of your friends has found a deal on […]

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NYC Traffic Ticket spam is really Blackhole malware attack

25

Jul

2012

Sophos – Don’t be too quick to believe that the New York State police are charging you with a traffic offence – that email you just opened in your inbox could actually be an attempt to infect your computer.The team at SophosLabs have been intercepting a malicious spam campaign today which tries to trick the […]

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Malware spread as Facebook photo tag notification

17

Jul

2012

Be wary of emails claiming to be from Facebook, and saying that you have been tagged in a photograph.Because it might be that you’re the next potential victim of a malware attack.SophosLabs has intercepted a spammed-out email campaign, designed to infect recipients’ computers with malware.Here is an example of what a typical email can look […]

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