Project Honey Pot Statistics – 1 Billionth Spam Message
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On Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 06:20 (GMT), Project Honey Pot achieved a
milestone: receiving its 1 billionth spam message.
Postini Delivery Problems Vex Users
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Users of email security and archiving service Postini were frustrated last week when the service began experiencing significant delivery problems.
Gmail users are reporting a huge spam surge
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A lot of GMail users have been angered by a lot more spam reaching their inboxes, than they were used to.
Swine Flu Phishing Attacks and Email Scams
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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.
US-CERT: Waledac Trojan Horse Spam Campaign Circulating
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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.
Stimulus packages, stock brokers and Trojans, Oh My!
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Malware called Tigger/Syzor which is a safe mode rootkit password stealing Trojan that targets day traders.
MS09-002 exploit in the wild
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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!)
IRS stimulus Phishing scam
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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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This entry is available at: http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#irs_stimulus_package_phishing_scam
Are you ready to see your spam volume Jump 10 times?
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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.
Don’t lose your life savings to false ‘MySpace’ friend
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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
