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Security researcher Aviv Raff has recently gone public on a few flaws he discovered in the iPhone OS a couple of months ago. While Apple was notified of the discovery of the flaws at the time, the company is yet to issue a patch. Since being notified of the vulnerabilities, Apple has released as many as three firmwar... |
3 October 2008
04:02 GMT |
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Researchers from the security company BitDefender came across a new e-mail scam aimed at spreading malware and claiming to deliver invoices and e-tickets acquired through an online airplane ticket purchase system. As expected, contained in the attached .zip file are several trojan installers.The e-mails have subjects... |
22 September 2008
11:34 GMT |
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The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled AOL spammer Jeremy Jaynes should go free, after he was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to serve 9 years in a federal prison. The court's decision was not taken because Jeremy Jaynes was actually innocent, as he did send spam e-mails, but because the law under which he was con... |
13 September 2008
07:43 GMT |
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Three new spam campaigns have been circulating around the web in the recent few days. One claims to contain an adult video featuring the US presidential candidate, senator Barack Obama, another announces that a nuclear power station exploded near London and the authorities keep it secret and the third warns that user... |
12 September 2008
09:18 GMT |
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A white paper written by security researcher Jart Armin, in collaboration with James McQuaid and Matt Jonkman, analyzes the inner-workings of the biggest cyber crime hosting company in US, Atrivo, and its associates. The paper leads to the conclusion that such companies have influence over Internet authorities. At th... |
3 September 2008
11:51 GMT |
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For a while now, the mainstream media has been reporting on the upcoming ability of Google's Picasa photo organizer to recognize faces, thanks to a revolutionary technology. While everyone is focused on the new feature and the possibilities it presents, security experts recommend users stay away from any unsolic... |
3 September 2008
09:54 GMT |
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Richard Clayton, a researcher working at the Computer Laboratory from the University of Cambridge, has published the findings of one of his latest studies, which aimed at determining whether the amount of spam someone receives depends on their names or not. Of course, the research was performed bearing in mind only t... |
29 August 2008
08:21 GMT |
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The FBI has decided to take more measures to fend off the wave of spam attacks in which the sender pretends to be a hitman hired to kill the recipient of the email, or a loved one. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a branch of the federal authority, has released an official note, advising people not to liste... |
29 August 2008
06:01 GMT |
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One of the new trends in spam e-mails used for malware distribution is the use of maliciously crafted SWF files hosted on legitimate servers. The ActionScript code of the files includes a redirect that takes users to websites that host malware or prompts them to download the malware directly.The beginning of August m... |
28 August 2008
04:40 GMT |
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Although the Olympics ended this Sunday, the malware employed by attackers, using Olympic-related headlines, is still causing damage. “News” stories about the most popular athletes still linger among other spam messages that are continuously sent to sometimes unwary recipients. Michael Phelps, the multi-O... |
27 August 2008
12:03 GMT |
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BitDefender has unveiled a new spam method employed by attackers to deliver an "extremely dangerous" trojan, as the company classified the malware. The hijackers use the name of FedEx, the famous company that, among other things, works in the currier shipping business. Pretending to be part of the company’s sta... |
27 August 2008
11:57 GMT |
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It has been discovered that two of the botnets that are responsible for the largest number of spam attacks, Srizbi and Rustock, share the same principle when it comes to malware spreading. They both use Trojan.Exchanger, a type of malware that comes with unsolicited email. Each time users decide to check what's ... |
21 August 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Symantec has just released its monthly spam report for July, and it shows the appearance of new ingenious ways that hijackers use in order to either sell products through spam or infect the targeted machines. The latest artifice that tricks people into clicking on images that lead to webpages hosting malicious conten... |
21 August 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Recent Marshal poll results show that 29% of Internet users buy products of whose existence they find out via spam. The percentage is incredibly large if we don't take into account the fact that the Marshall survey included only 622 respondents, a sample that can hardly be held as sufficient. Moreover, the quest... |
20 August 2008
06:54 GMT |
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As a Secure Computing report shows, Angelina Jolie was "responsible" for 2.28% of the total spam that affected Americans' computers in July. Curious users were teased with the promise of pictures and videos in which the Hollywood star appeared half-clothed, to say the least. Other celebrities whose image was ove... |
14 August 2008
12:51 GMT |
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The worm that we previously reported on as being the latest threat to Facebook and MySpace community has been eliminated, as users can no longer click on malicious links. Max Kelly, Head of Security at Facebook, assures that at least Facebook users can forget about the danger and put it behind them."We spent most of ... |
8 August 2008
08:53 GMT |
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In the last few days, Opera received complaints and notifications regarding some emails sent to random people on behalf of the Norway-based company. These emails, bearing fake signatures, contained malicious software that was installed on people's computers as soon as they chose to read what the Opera staff want... |
1 August 2008
11:03 GMT |
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According to Sophos, company that specializes in endpoint security and control solutions, spam messages have started to circulate informing users (erroneously of course) that popular social networking site Facebook is used by the FBI in an effort to track people down. In order to get you hooked and open the spam mess... |
29 July 2008
09:36 GMT |
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Nobody wants to login to their email address and find the inbox chucked full with spam messages, especially since said messages are sent out in order to propagate all sorts of malicious software. Most of the times the goal of the spammer is to infect your machine, turn it into a zombie PC in an ever increasing botnet... |
28 July 2008
10:58 GMT |
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A little while back we were reporting that a fake UPS invoice scam was going around, and that people who had sent parcels through UPS should be very careful about these spam messages. Well, it seems that the spammers have changed their MO and are now sending out messages that claim to be from the US Customs office.PC... |
28 July 2008
09:59 GMT |
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As of today, the 28th of July, Sophos Email Security and Control will be able to better fight botnet propagated spam through the use of Sender Genotype, a next-generation filtering technology. Sender Genotype, unlike traditional filters that rely only on prior information regarding the email sender, identifies aberra... |
28 July 2008
09:10 GMT |
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Bob Richard, the marketing director of Javelin Marketing, a California based company that specializes in selling promotional material, has recently revealed to the general public that the organization he works for wasted $14,000 on an e-mail address list. It was purchased from Emailappenders and seemed to be genuine,... |
25 July 2008
11:12 GMT |
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According to security researcher Aviv Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari software applications are vulnerable to URL Spoofing. What this means is that an attacker can exploit said vulnerabilities and conduct a phishing attack on the user. The problem is not a new one, except that Aviv Raff and a handful of other... |
25 July 2008
04:57 GMT |
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After responding to reports of gun fire, the Sheriff's deputies of Bennet, Arapahoe County, discovered the dead bodies of Eddie Davidson, the spammer who escaped from a minimum security prison facility earlier this week, Amy Lee, his 29-year-old wife, and their 3-year-old daughter. The officers also discovered a... |
25 July 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Tekelec, a US-based network intelligence company, and Mobilink GSM, a leading mobile operator in Pakistan, have announced a new collaboration set to fight "new-age spammers". Following the agreement, Tekelec is using its TekMedia AntiSpam Firewall Solution in order to protect Mobilink's customers against SMS sp... |
24 July 2008
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According to Panda Security, a company specialized in providing security software solutions, a new spam campaign has been launched with the purpose of infecting users' machines with a banking Trojan which identified by the previously mentioned firm as Trj/Banker.LGC. People in the English speaking part of the wo... |
22 July 2008
11:41 GMT |
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According to research conducted by Internet security company TrendMicro, phishers are resorting to new ways of fooling users. The ever present URL to the phishing site has no longer been seen in numerous messages analyzed by TrendMicro. It would seem that instead the user is provided with a legitimate e-mail address.... |
22 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
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TrendMicro, company that specializes in Internet content security, reports that the Storm botnet is once again attempting to propagate its malicious software. The means to do so is by sending out spam messages which inform about a financial crisis that will engulf the world's economy. A link is of course provide... |
22 July 2008
06:49 GMT |
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As of yesterday, the 17th of July, the ISC (Internet Society of China) has officially set the basis for an antispam text message alliance. The 574 million mobile phone users from the country have more than welcomed the initiative, considering the fact that China is plagued by more than 350 billion text spam messages ... |
18 July 2008
10:30 GMT |
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At the end of June, on the 27th to be more precise, the movie Wanted was launched all over the world, bringing Angelina Jolie back into the public eye. BitDefender, company that specializes in providing security software solutions, has found out that spam messages have surfaced claiming to show adult footage of Ange... |
18 July 2008
06:02 GMT |
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The one thing that any PC owner must understand is that the fight against spam, viruses, and all sorts of malicious software seems to be a never ending one. Attackers are constantly coming up with new ways of fooling detection and further propagating their malware. As a matter of fact, the latest trend is to target v... |
18 July 2008
04:31 GMT |
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US citizens are warned that a spam message claiming to originate from the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is circulating on the Internet. The users are lured by a "stimulus payment" message into visiting a phishing site and providing the scammer with their private data. There are several security risks associated with... |
18 July 2008
03:11 GMT |
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Out of all the countries in the world, the United States are the most affected by spam (say security companies like Sophos and ScanSafe), followed closely by China. MessageLabs, company that specializes in providing messaging and Internet security solutions, has recently put together a top 10 of the most spammed US ... |
17 July 2008
08:36 GMT |
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Sophos, a company that specializes in providing antivirus and antispam security solutions, has just released a new report regarding spam trends, and it seems that business spam is increasing. Spam traffic in June 2008 increased by 4.3%, reaching a total of 96.5%. Businesses have to contend with the fact that just 1 o... |
16 July 2008
11:01 GMT |
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A sentence has been issued in the case of the Brooklyn man who, for a period of seven days in 2005, from the 17th to the 23rd of August, managed to spam 1.2 million AOL users. The spammer's name is Adam Vitale, and he was handed 30 months of incarceration time, as well as having to pay AOL $180,000.Judge Denny C... |
16 July 2008
10:05 GMT |
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Earlier this week we were reporting that Alan Soloway, better known as the Spam King, would be sentenced after having been charged with mail fraud, e-mail fraud, and tax evasion, and the honorable judge Marsha Pechman was expected to issue a sentence. Although two days have been put aside so that every witness could... |
16 July 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Today, a sentence will be issued in the case of Robert Alan Soloway, aka the Spam King, who is charged with single counts of mail and e-mail fraud and tax evasion. Soloway has already pleaded guilty as charged and risks spending the next 25 years in jail (20 for mail fraud and 5 for e-mail fraud) as well as paying a ... |
14 July 2008
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According to CASA (short for Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) the number of drug selling sites is declining. If last year the number of sites that offered to sell drugs was of 581, this year it has dropped to 365. According to the Commtouch Q2 report, the favorite topic am... |
11 July 2008
05:22 GMT |
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According to Commtouch, a US based company that specializes in providing e-mail safety solutions, and the quarterly report that it has recently released, malware and spam traffic is still at alarmingly high levels mainly because of the millions and millions of infected machines. The report analyzes the day to day ev... |
10 July 2008
09:51 GMT |
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People who fall victim to phishing attacks can end up penniless because the attacker will most likely use the information obtained through a phishing site to drain the victim's account dry. Search engine giant Google has been at the forefront of the battle against such scam attempts, warning users that the mess... |
10 July 2008
08:43 GMT |
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The McAfee team has just recently finished analyzing all the data from the S.P.A.M. (short for Spammed Persistently All Month) and a report has been made available. Entitled "Global S.P.A.M. Diaries", the report includes a detailed and comprehensive presentation of all the McAfee findings. Jeff Green, Senior Vice Pr... |
9 July 2008
10:43 GMT |
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After the recent 4th of July campaign, Storm related spam is once again making the news. The latest Storm spam messages inform you that the US military has invaded Iran and you are of course invited to click on a link and watch video footage directly from the battle scene, but if you do, you will be infected with ir... |
9 July 2008
07:52 GMT |
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People who use the MSN web messenger can conveniently and easily talk to people millions of miles away, but can just as well become victims of a phishing attempt or receive countless spam messages that lead to malware spreading web pages. That is why Heise Online is advising all MSN users to exercise caution whenever... |
8 July 2008
09:33 GMT |
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Spammers' imagination is constantly reaching new peaks. The disastrous earthquake that hit China also gave ideas to spammers, who started using headlines referring to the catastrophe in the email subjects. Their purpose - to persuade the users to access a "video" that in fact was an executable file that launched... |
8 July 2008
02:20 GMT |
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Just like Google, LinkedIn is also facing criticism in regards to failure of keeping private data safe. But while Google lost sensitive information due to burglary or court order, LinkedIn is accused of making a profit from user data. The company was founded five years ago and provided business networking services. ... |
5 July 2008
07:11 GMT |
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It seems that somebody has decided to take advantage of the good name of Greg Abbott, the Attorney General for the state of Texas, USA. The whole thing came out when Greg Abbott received a message from Greg Abbott of course; you can imagine his surprise when he opened his inbox. The message uses a picture of his as ... |
4 July 2008
12:27 GMT |
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It is a well known fact that spam takes advantage of any possible means to propagate itself and one of the oldest tricks in the book is to play off a current event or celebration, such as the 4th of July. Marshal's TRACE team (short for Threat Research and Content Engineering) warns us about 4th of July related ... |
4 July 2008
03:47 GMT |
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According to ClearMyMail, a British company that specializes in providing antispam solutions, an Orange ISP client named Collin Wells receives 44,001 spam messages per day, thus being the most spammed person in the entire country. ClearMyMail released a top five of the most spammed users and it turns out that three ... |
4 July 2008
03:43 GMT |
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A hacker in Slovenia successfully managed to gain access to nine computers at the University of Nebraska. According to university representatives the incident occurred on the 8th of June and was brought to light the following day. The computers contained info on students and university employees, but no academic dat... |
3 July 2008
11:06 GMT |
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What can we expect for July in terms of spam, malicious software and other web threats? MX Logic has just released its July forecast that uses recent and historical data to analyze the trends and keep you up to date and as safe as possible in terms of computer protection. The report contains detailed and comprehensi... |
3 July 2008
05:42 GMT |
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