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Gmail users are reporting a huge spam surge

Continue Reading Add comment June 26th, 2009 03:46pm admin

A lot of GMail users have been angered by a lot more spam reaching their inboxes, than they were used to.

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Swine Flu Phishing Attacks and Email Scams

Continue Reading Add comment April 27th, 2009 05:37pm admin

US-CERT is aware of public reports of email scams circulating related to the Swine Flu. The attacks arrive via an unsolicited email message typically containing a subject line related to the Swine Flu. These email messages may contain a link or an attachment. If users click on this link or open the attachment, they may be directed to a phishing website or exposed to malicious code.

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US-CERT: Waledac Trojan Horse Spam Campaign Circulating

Continue Reading Add comment April 9th, 2009 12:17pm admin

US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via spam email messages related to bogus terror attacks in the recipient’s local area.

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Stimulus packages, stock brokers and Trojans, Oh My!

Continue Reading Add comment March 3rd, 2009 02:06pm admin

Malware called Tigger/Syzor which is a safe mode rootkit password stealing Trojan that targets day traders.

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MS09-002 exploit in the wild

Continue Reading Add comment February 19th, 2009 02:57pm admin

The Internet Storm Center is reporting that several AV vendors have confirmed that the recently patch IE 7 vulnerability (MS-09-002 Uninitialized Memory Corruption) has been reverse engineered by the malware writers (so quickly!)

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IRS stimulus Phishing scam

Add comment February 6th, 2009 08:09pm admin

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US-CERT Current Activity

IRS Stimulus Package Phishing Scam

Original release date: February 6, 2009 at 10:03 am Last revised: February 6, 2009 at 10:03 am

US-CERT is aware of public reports indicating that phishing scams are circulating via fraudulent U.S. Internal Revenue Service emails offering users stimulus package payments. These emails include text that attempts to convince users to follow a link to a website or to complete an attached document. The website and document request that the user provide personal information.

US-CERT encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:

* Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
* Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document
for more information on avoiding email scams.
* Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
(pdf) document for more information on social engineering attacks.

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Are you ready to see your spam volume Jump 10 times?

Continue Reading Add comment January 26th, 2009 04:41pm admin

It took less than 3 months for the Spammers to ramp up their production to 90% of where it was pre-McColo takedown in November 2008 according to a number of reports and graphs available online.

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Don’t lose your life savings to false ‘MySpace’ friend

Continue Reading Add comment January 16th, 2009 05:50pm admin

They say you can be a dog on the Internet and no one would ever know. That sad truth has bleed Shane Symington out of almost $200,000 USD (£130,000) – all of his life savings

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Lance Atkinson only fined $63,400 USD by New Zealand because he ‘co-operated with authorities

Continue Reading Add comment December 23rd, 2008 03:22pm admin

Lance Atkinson, a prolific spammer since 2005 as part of ‘HerbalKing’ the
‘#1 worst spam gang of 2007, 2008′ according to the Spamhaus ROSKO list has been fined only $92,715 AUS (about $63,400 USD) by authorities because, according to Justice Christine French of the High Court in Christchurch, of the co-operation and candor of Lance in the early stages of the investigation.

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CAN-SPAM act now 5 years old - results in 300% increase in spam

Continue Reading Add comment December 17th, 2008 02:06pm admin

The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into law in the USA in December of 2003 or some 5 years ago. What is the track record of that law? Has it been effective in stopping all spam?

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