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Independence Day Malware Distribution Campaign in Circulat...

Fourth of July is a highly anticipated holiday, not only by U.S. citizens, but by the creators of the Waledac worm as well, who are anxious to profit from the massive public interest surrounding it. Security researchers warn that an Independence Day-themed Waledac spam campaign, looking to infect users through a fake fireworks show video, has already started and is expected to hit inboxes hard over the weekend. Initial reports of an imminent Waledac campaign targeting the Fourth of July came in yesterday morning, when malware analysts tracking the worm noticed that some of its domains started to serve a YouTube-cloned page featuring a fake... [read more >>]


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Payment Request Spam Carries Malicious Attachments

Security researchers warn of a new malware distribution campaign using incorrect billing as a lure. The spam emails pr...
On 19 Nov 2009, 15:16 GMT [ more >> ]

Zbot Spam Claims Email Accounts Were Deactivated

Malware distributors are hard at work again to infect computer users with the notorious Zeus banking trojan. Their new...
On 18 Nov 2009, 10:10 GMT [ more >> ]

Zbot Pushers Target UK Vodafone and Verizon Customers

Security researchers warn that a spam campaign distributing a new Zbot version is currently in circulation. The bogus ...
On 14 Nov 2009, 11:02 GMT [ more >> ]

Beware of Zbot-Flavored Facebook Phishing

Security researchers warn of a new wave of malicious emails that target Facebook users. The messages falsely claim tha...
On 9 Nov 2009, 13:16 GMT [ more >> ]

Malicious Emails Claim Facebook Passwords Were Reset

Security researchers warn that a new malware distribution campaign masquerading as Facebook password reset notificatio...
On 30 Oct 2009, 12:10 GMT [ more >> ]

Contract of Settlements Spam Contains Trojan

A new spam run is tricking people into opening an infected file by passing it as a contract of settlements. The attach...
On 26 Oct 2009, 11:49 GMT [ more >> ]

86 Percent of All Emails Sent in September Were Spam

According to a report from antivirus giant Symantec, spam messages amounted for over 86% of all emails sent last month...
On 12 Oct 2009, 08:58 GMT [ more >> ]

Fake Antivirus Distributed Through Skype Spam

Scareware distributors have started using Skype as a channel for pushing their fake security software. The spam masque...
On 6 Oct 2009, 14:17 GMT [ more >> ]

New IRS-Themed Scam in Circulation

Security researchers warn that fake email messages purporting to be from the IRS are attempting to get receivers infec...
On 10 Sep 2009, 14:29 GMT [ more >> ]

2010 FIFA World Cup Starts Much Earlier for Spammers

Security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee warn that spammers have already adopted the "2010 FIFA World Cup" th...
On 9 Sep 2009, 10:41 GMT [ more >> ]

Twitter Spam Bots Steal Tweets to Look Legit

Some of the spam bots that roam Twitter on a daily basis have smartened up and are now re-posting other people's ...
On 9 Sep 2009, 08:27 GMT [ more >> ]

Spammers Speak of Swine Flu-Infected South American Presidents

Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro report that malware distributors have resorted to a swine flu-r...
On 7 Sep 2009, 14:32 GMT [ more >> ]

Healthcare Was the Top Spam Category During August

According to a report (PDF) from email and web security company MX Logic, pharmacy and other healthcare-related junk e...
On 1 Sep 2009, 09:29 GMT [ more >> ]

Less Phishing Spam Registered This Year

Security experts analyzing mail traffic are reporting a significant decline in phishing-related e-mails during the fir...
On 27 Aug 2009, 12:01 GMT [ more >> ]

Yahoo Could Introduce Email Stamping to Reduce Spam

Yahoo masterminds have concocted a great idea to stop spam and help charity organizations around the Globe. The Intern...
On 18 Aug 2009, 12:57 GMT [ more >> ]

Spam Accounted 89% of All Emails in July 2009

According to the monthly reports issued by Symantec Corporation, State of Spam and State of Phishing, spam email has d...
On 10 Aug 2009, 09:53 GMT [ more >> ]

USA Was the Top Spam-Relaying Country During Q2 2009

According to a report on spam trends for the second quarter of 2009, released by antivirus vendor Sophos, the U.S. wer...
On 20 Jul 2009, 13:53 GMT [ more >> ]

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