Spammers establish their own fake URL-shortening services
For the first time ever, spammers are establishing their own their own fake URL-shortening services to perform URL redirection, according to Symantec. This new spamming …
iPhone 5 spam run leads to malware
The date of the release of iPhone 5 is still unknown, but that doesn’t stop malware peddlers from using it to lure in Apple fanatics. After all, didn’t a recent …
Wikipedia-like sites peddling fake pharmaceuticals
Wikipedia is practically a household name now, so it’s no wonder that spammers are trying to take advantage of the online encyclopedia’s popularity and (relative) …
Two new malware variants targeting Facebook
Two new malware variants are targeting Facebook users, according to Fortinet. The malware, which is intended to look as though they’re coming from Facebook, claim that …
Osama bin Laden spam invades Facebook
I guess the news about the death of Osama bin Laden is starting to reach everyone around the world. Every time something big as this happens, people get curious and start …
“You’ve got a postcard” spam emails lead to fake AV
Easter has come and passed, but the threat of bogus e-cards is alive as it ever was. This particular method of luring users to malicious pages or to download malicious …
Targeted attacks increase as spam continues to fall
Targeted attacks intercepted by Symantec.cloud rose to 85 per day, the highest figure since March 2009 when the figure was 107 per day in the run-up to the G20 Summit held in …
Gold-themed spam fishing for personal information
It is almost a rule of thumb that everything that might interest a large number of people makes for a good lure for spammers and scammers. From news regarding natural …
IT teams still struggling with spam and viruses
IT teams are still struggling to protect their businesses from spam email and viruses, according to Mimecast. Their research also finds that the majority of organizations are …
Rise in ZIP file attachments in spam emails lead to Bredolab malware
On the 16th of March Rustock, the largest of the spamming botnets, was taken down. As you would expect, global spam levels started to drop, as can be seen when you look at the …
“Request rejected” spam campaign leads to fake AV
A spam email campaign carrying a malicious attachment designed to download and run a fake AV solution on the recipient’s computer is currently hitting inboxes around the …
Email malware jumps 400% after Rustock takedown
Malware sent via email increased by 400% in the last week of March 2011, Commtouch reported today. The significant increase was detected two weeks after the takedown of the …