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ACH and transfer failure rogue messages are not rare, but this time they've hit the roof with more than 80,000 of these emails being sent to unsuspecting internet users who can always fall in the large number of traps set up by the cybercrooks.
Users are alerted that their transactions have failed and in order ... |
17 November 2011
04:35 GMT |
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The saying about death and taxes takes a whole different meaning as a new malicious spam campaign that's been spotted in the wild claims a processing error that occurred because you're registered as being dead.
“Our records indicate that the person identified as the primary taxpayer or spouse on th... |
13 October 2011
08:08 GMT |
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A well-known online retailer's name is used in the latest spam campaign that's been spotted in the inboxes of potential victims, pretending to ask confirmation for an order that was never actually made.
According to Graham Cluley, the example he saw claimed that the victim purchased an external hard driv... |
11 October 2011
10:04 GMT |
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Internauts receive emails from organizations they know and trust, that later turn out to be an attack launched by someone who took over the senders accounts in an effort to spread malware infections.
Email marketing companies have a very precise role in promoting certain brands or products. But what happens when t... |
26 September 2011
09:38 GMT |
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The buzz created around the long-expected title is used by hackers and spammers to steal log-in credential and infect the computers of those who might think they are among the lucky ones to be chosen to test the new Diablo.
According to Kaspersky's Securelist, Battle.net members have the chance of being chose... |
22 September 2011
06:10 GMT |
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After the scandal formed around DigiNotar, spammers send bank business clients emails informing them that their certificates have expired, urging them to click on a link in order to solve the issue.
Most internet browsers and applications banned DigiNotar certificates, a fact which created a lot of confusion and ... |
19 September 2011
03:36 GMT |
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Another classic lottery scam was presented to us by Graham Cluley, this time the large amount of money being offered by the BBC Lottery, which apparently chooses winners by their email address.Many of you might think that no one falls for these old scams, but you would be very surprised to see that people still take... |
13 September 2011
05:56 GMT |
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The Automated Clearing House, a financial service offered by the U.S. electronic payments association NACHA, was impersonated in a campaign of spam messages sent out to unsuspecting users with the purpose of spreading malware.
The samples investigated by MalwareCity were pretty convincing, especially because they ... |
8 September 2011
04:36 GMT |
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A new spamming campaign which tries to take advantage from the upcoming release of the iPhone 5 was recently discovered and presented in detail on Symantec's official blog.The hoax at hand addresses residents of the state of California and it's just one of the many fake offers surrounding future product ann... |
7 September 2011
05:16 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a wave of fake emails posing as bogus hotel credit card charge notifications are distributing scareware applications.The fake emails started appearing last week and bear subjects like "Hotel Sutton Place made wrong transaction" or "Wrong transaction from your credit card in Four Seasons... |
2 August 2011
14:26 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that thousands of Twitter accounts have been hijacked during the past several days and are being used to push weight loss spam.The spam messages read: "Get the beach body you've always wanted, now you can with this weight loss supplement http://channel3online.com"The link takes users to... |
29 July 2011
07:26 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn about a new spam campaign pushing fake Twitter account suspension emails that lead to surveys.The emails bear a subject of "Account Suspension" and have spoofed headers to appear as originating from admin@twitter.com.The rogue messages bear a resemblance to older Twitter communic... |
21 June 2011
10:57 GMT |
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Spammers have began setting up their own URL shortening services in order to hide spam links and make them more resilient to takedowns.The practice of using short URLs in spam is not new and has registered ups and downs over the past couple of years.There was a spike of short URL spam during the last months of 2010, ... |
24 May 2011
13:18 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new malware distribution campaign which produces emails with malicious attachments that pose as delivery notifications from DHL.The rogue emails have a subject "DHL Express Services" and their headers have been forged to appear as originating from a @dhl.com address.They inform recipien... |
5 April 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that spammers have already launched campaigns exploiting people's interest into the upcoming Presidents' Day holiday,Washington's Birthday, also known as Presidents' Day, is one of the eleven annual United States federal holidays and among the most celebrated ones.The hol... |
18 February 2011
11:55 GMT |
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Spammers have managed to post rogue messages on the Facebook page of the Van Gogh Museum, prompting the institution to ask for help to secure its account.The messages were posted as descriptions for rogue photos uploaded to Van Gogh Museum's Facebook album.For example, one of them displayed a clock and the assoc... |
10 February 2011
12:44 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a new spam campaign is pumping out emails that mimic iTunes Store receipts and direct users to a website pushing the ZBot trojan.The rogue messages come with a subject of "Your receipt #[random digits]" and have their header spoofed to appear as originating from a do_not_reply@itunes.co... |
2 October 2010
07:00 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that a flurry of emails with HTML attachments and random subjects are directing users to scareware websites.It's pretty difficult to describe these rogue emails because there is a lot of randomization involved in generating them."The email address that the malware is sent fr... |
22 September 2010
12:17 GMT |
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A new wave of spam emails carrying HTML attachments that redirect to fake AV sites has been hitting mailboxes hard during the past two days.The subjects of the rogue emails, as well as the names of the attached HTML documents are changing rapidly."Credit card", "Randolph Plans", "Apartment for rent", "Cops kill activ... |
17 September 2010
14:01 GMT |
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A new wave of spam emails masquerading as resume submissions instruct recipients to open attached HTML files, which redirects them to scareware pushing websites.The fake emails come with a subject of "Resume" and their body contains short messages like "Attached, please find" or "please find attached my cv."The name ... |
20 August 2010
08:11 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that over the weekend over 350 Twitter account were compromised and used to send out spam leading users to a website of a very questionable nature.The tweets can have different messages, but they all seem to advertise a Web address ending in 101.com followed by a seemingly random number.Acco... |
16 August 2010
02:56 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new wave of spam emails with different subjects and content distributing a variant of the Zbot trojan in attachments.Judging from the subjects of the rogue emails, like "Another candidate brought to you", "EBOD Meeting MEC Update", "Fw: New Taxes Coming", "Summary of payments" or "Sales... |
14 August 2010
13:04 GMT |
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Security researchers from BitDefender warn of a new malware distribution campaign which tries to capitalize on the noise caused by Microsoft's latest batch of security updates.Microsoft releases new security fixes during the second Tuesday of each month, a day that has came to be known in the industry as Patch T... |
13 August 2010
11:18 GMT |
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The fake flight ticket lure is still being used by email malware distributors to trick users into infecting themselves, experts from CA warn. Emails employing the recurring theme, that have plagued inboxes in recent years, have began making a comeback recently as part of a Zbot campaign."We received spam emails disgu... |
9 August 2010
05:59 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of ongoing email scams masquerading as payment notifications from various financial companies and retail chains. The fake messages trick recipients into visiting malicious links that lead to spam sites or scareware-pushing Web pages.The new spam campaigns were intercepted by researchers from... |
7 August 2010
04:53 GMT |
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Security researchers warn about new spam campaigns that abuse the name of the YouSendIt online service to trick users into running malware or visiting infected websites. Some of the rogue emails contain links to websites that carry malicious payloads, while others have a new variant of the Bredolab trojan attached.Th... |
6 August 2010
03:46 GMT |
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Multiple antivirus vendors warn of a new spam campaign, which attempts to infect users with malware by passing the malicious attachments as a free trial of the McAfee VirusScan Plus security product. The rogue emails claims that users who install the file are automatically signed up for a contest."Overnight our spam ... |
28 July 2010
08:29 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos, warn that cyber criminals are targeting Australian tax payers again. A new tax refund-themed spam campaign is luring users into opening HTML attachments that redirect to a phishing page.The rogue emails come with a subject of “Australian Tax Refund Agency&rdquo... |
27 July 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new spam campaign directing users to compromised website distributing the Zbot trojan. The spammers are attempting to pass the rogue messages as official account registration notifications coming from ImageShack.It seems that attackers copied the real ImageShack account registration con... |
26 July 2010
07:58 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that an ongoing spam campaign producing emails masquerading as IRS notifications try to pass malicious attachments as W-2 forms. The payload is delivered by specially crafted PDF documents, which are stored inside .DOC files.The IRS is one of the most impersonated agencies in scams and other... |
20 July 2010
08:35 GMT |
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A new spam campaign attempts to trick users into executing malicious files by claiming they are scanned documents. The fake emails masquerade as automatic messages sent by Xerox WorkCentre Pro machines.The spam emails come with a subject of “Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro #0713393” and have an archive f... |
16 July 2010
12:32 GMT |
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Web and email security vendor Websense has issued an alert about a new spam campaign producing fake My Opera account activation emails. All links contained in the rogue messages lead to a malicious website.“Heads up! Malicious My.Opera.com account activation emails are now circulating,” a warning posted o... |
15 July 2010
13:24 GMT |
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A new email scam tricks users into opening malicious links by using a fake ShoNBC e-flyer as lure. The rogue links direct victims to a website trying to infect their computers with malware.The spam has been intercepted by email and Web security provider AppRiver, who notes that the scammers probably copied and modifi... |
13 July 2010
05:56 GMT |
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Security researchers found that a significant number of Web sites belonging to the Argentinian government were hacked and are now being used in black hat search engine optimization campaigns (BHSEO). Some of them are even infecting visitors with malware.The mass compromise was discovered by Sucuri Security, a provide... |
9 July 2010
03:31 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Avira warn that a new spam campaign masquerades as notifications DHL. The fake emails have a new computer trojan variant hidden in their attachments.The messages have their "From" field spoofed to appear as originating from an DHL email address. The subject is "DHL Tracking ... |
7 July 2010
10:48 GMT |
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A kit for spamming Twitter users is being sold on Russian underground forums for as little as $20. According to security researchers, the tool has several interesting looking features and is capable of bypassing the account limits imposed by Twitter.Judging by the ever increasing amount of spam Twitter users deal wit... |
5 July 2010
04:12 GMT |
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A spam campaign currently in circulation attempts to scare users into clicking on malicious links by claiming that their domain name has been suspended by ICANN. Victims are exploited and eventually end up on a Canadian Pharmacy site.ICANN's 38th Meeting took place last week in Brussels and has attracted a lot o... |
2 July 2010
12:50 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Sunbelt Software, warn that a spam run that hit Twitter a few weeks ago, has made a comeback recently. Rogue tweets try to exploit the curiosity of users and get them to click on malicious links. The mass spam messages are sent from fake accounts registered specifically... |
2 July 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn of an ongoing spam campaign that tricks users into opening a malicious PDF attachment by claiming they've made several long distance phone calls. The rogue document is rigged to exploit an Adobe Reader vulnerability and download the Sality virus. "Hey man... Remember al... |
2 July 2010
03:22 GMT |
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A new Bredolab distribution campaign produces fake emails masquerading as order-confirmation messages from Amazon. The attached archive contains a malicious executable file, which installs a new malware variant from the Bredolab family of trojans. According to email security provider MX Lab, the malicious communicat... |
17 May 2010
11:00 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of an on-going email spam campaign, which masquerades as messages from Twitter's support team. The fake emails also abuse the logo and layout of the popular micro-blogging platform.The rogue messages have spoofed headers in order to appear to be originating from support@twitter.com. Acc... |
23 April 2010
10:58 GMT |
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A new email malware distribution campaign has adopted a lawsuit notification theme. The fake messages include links to malicious files or hide them inside attached documents.The purpose of this scheme is to scare users into downloading and installing a trojan onto their computers, especially since the alleged lawsuit... |
30 March 2010
09:52 GMT |
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Zeus distributors have responded to journalists exposing a recent Zeus spear phishing campaign by hijacking their news articles and using them to target more people. The fresh Zeus spam features alerts about recent attempts to infect government and military systems with the trojan.Last week, former Washington Post jo... |
15 February 2010
06:57 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that the creators of the Koobface worm have launched a new campaign on Facebook, which uses Christmas as a lure to infect users. This new version makes full use of the component deployed in November, which imitates human behavior.The Koobface worm is one of the most notorious and long time r... |
11 December 2009
10:11 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new malware distribution campaign using incorrect billing as a lure. The spam emails pretend to be payment request notifications and a computer trojan is passed as a tool for blocking them."The emails pretend to come from the 'Customer Support' division of an online banking or... |
19 November 2009
10:16 GMT |
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Malware distributors are hard at work again to infect computer users with the notorious Zeus banking trojan. Their newest spam campaign informs users that their email accounts have been deactivated and instructs them to run an infected file.The malicious emails come with a "your mailbox has been deactivated" subject ... |
18 November 2009
05:10 GMT |
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Security researchers report that a wave of Halloween-themed threats are out to get you. Beware of dodgy e-cards, screensaver downloads, poisoned search results, and spam, they warn.In this day and age, it goes almost without saying that the Internet is a scary place on every holiday. But Halloween in particular is a ... |
31 October 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a new malware distribution campaign masquerading as Facebook password reset notification e-mails is making the rounds. The attached .ZIP archives contain a Trojan downloader, which is used to deploy scareware on the compromised systems.The rogue emails have their From field spoofed in o... |
30 October 2009
08:10 GMT |
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A new spam run is tricking people into opening an infected file by passing it as a contract of settlements. The attachment is password protected in order to bypass email scanners and the language used lends credibility to the spam. The fake emails have a subject of "Contract of Settlements" and claim to be sent from... |
26 October 2009
07:49 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that fake email messages purporting to be from the IRS are attempting to get receivers infected by directing them to a malicious website. This malware distribution campaign has been tracked back to the Cutwail spam botnet.This new scam has been reported by email and Web protection company MX... |
10 September 2009
10:29 GMT |
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