Spam Reports  

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • July 1st, 2013
Miracle Diet Spam Moves to Instagram, Users Lured to Fake BBC News Site

Miracle Diet Spam Moves to Instagram, Users Lured to Fake BBC News Site

Experts say the same campaign is circulating on Facebook, Pinterest and Tumblr

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 26th, 2013
Digital Currency Users Warned of “Account Security Update” Phishing Scams

Digital Currency Users Warned of “Account Security Update” Phishing Scams

Symantec spotted a clever phishing operation last month

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 26th, 2013
Bogus Man of Steel, World War Z Streaming Sites Advertised via SlideShare

Bogus Man of Steel, World War Z Streaming Sites Advertised via SlideShare

ThreatTrack Security experts have analyzed the spam campaign

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 25th, 2013
Spammers Abuse Vine to Earn Money via Affiliate Programs

Spammers Abuse Vine to Earn Money via Affiliate Programs

Beware of posts that promise "free followers" on Vine

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 24th, 2013
Hoax Alert: “Jackie Chan Dies After Perfecting Deadly Stunt”

Hoax Alert: “Jackie Chan Dies After Perfecting Deadly Stunt”

The actor published a picture on Facebook to prove that he's not dead

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 21st, 2013
Microsoft Customers Targeted with Lottery and “Home Use Program” Scams

Microsoft Customers Targeted with Lottery and “Home Use Program” Scams

Kaspersky has analyzed the scams in the May 2013 spam report

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 21st, 2013
Crooks Exploit Tumblr’s Acquisition by Yahoo in Giveaway Scam

Crooks Exploit Tumblr’s Acquisition by Yahoo in Giveaway Scam

ThreatTrack Security experts have come across a fake Tumblr news website

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 21st, 2013
Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Apple ID Data, Kaspersky Warns

Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Apple ID Data, Kaspersky Warns

The average number of phishing site detections is 200,000 per day

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 21st, 2013
419 Scam Alert: Google 15 Years Anniversary Awards

419 Scam Alert: Google 15 Years Anniversary Awards

Google will never hand out large amounts of money to random users

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 20th, 2013
Twitter Diet Spam Campaign Abuses Legitimate Compromised Accounts

Twitter Diet Spam Campaign Abuses Legitimate Compromised Accounts

Security expert Janne Ahlberg shares some insight

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 19th, 2013
Facebook Scam: Emma Watson Raunchy Video Leaked by Hackers

Facebook Scam: Emma Watson Raunchy Video Leaked by Hackers

Victims are tricked into installing a rogue Facebook app

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 18th, 2013
Webmail Phishing Site Hosted on “Linkedlne.com”

Webmail Phishing Site Hosted on “Linkedlne.com”

Scammers try to get users to hand over their email usernames and passwords

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 17th, 2013
Tumblr Scam Alert: Donate to Cancer Research and Win a Camera

Tumblr Scam Alert: Donate to Cancer Research and Win a Camera

Victims are lured to a shady "free Steam games" websites

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 17th, 2013
Biostem Pump and Dump Spam Helps Scammers Make Impressive Profit

Biostem Pump and Dump Spam Helps Scammers Make Impressive Profit

Here's how a spam run can help someone make a lot of money

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 12th, 2013
Ticketmaster Warns of Fake Confirmation Emails from ticket@ticketmaster.com.au

Ticketmaster Warns of Fake Confirmation Emails from [email protected]

The scam notifications contain malicious attachments and links to phishing sites

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 7th, 2013
Open Redirect Flaw in CNN Site Abused by Spammers, 50 Cent Falls for It (Updated)

Open Redirect Flaw in CNN Site Abused by Spammers, 50 Cent Falls for It (Updated)

The diet scam campaign has been around for weeks, abusing the bug in CNN's website

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 4th, 2013
Malware Alert: Fiserv Secure Email Notification

Malware Alert: Fiserv Secure Email Notification

Cybercriminals attempt to distribute Trojan by abusing name of financial services firm

 
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