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  • Fake Antivirus Knowledgebase Spam Leads To Pharmacy Website Peddling Viagra

    Users may find e-mails coming from a known antivirus company nothing to be surprised about, but alarms should definitely start ringing when the antivirus company mailing you isn't the one you're subscribed to - and that their mails are festooned with links to websites peddling Viagra.Our team of engineers recently found a spam mail making the rounds, masking itself as a legit mail coming from CA Technologies.
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  • Fake Family Doctors Recommend Fake Online Pharmacy via vCards

    In a bid to get users to click, cybercriminals turn to your trusted persons. We have seen spammed messages with vCard attachments, electronic business cards that contain personal information of a person such as name, address, phone number, email address, website and even audio clips.
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  • Federal Tax Email Leads To Ransomware

    We observed a spike in Federal tax emails spreading in the wild. The said spammed message purports to come from IRS.
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  • Trending Stock Spam Sent By Botnet-Infected Domains

     It seems that cybercriminals are now going after stock traders, as since June20, our team of engineers have been observing a large spike of stock trading spam purporting themselves to be filled with exclusive, secret get-rich-quick stock trading tips.The first variant spotted claimed itself to be a legitimate message from 'Real Investments Daily Tip'.
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  • Malware in Spammed Attachments Distributed by Cutwail and ZeuS

    While malware attachments in spammed messages are not new, however we continue to find spam with malware attachments. In our research, we encountered spammed email spoofing companies like HSBC and XEROX.
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  • Fake Negative Comments Spam Run Emerges, Leads to Commercial Sites

    When you receive an email message stating that a negative comment about you is posted online, it will get your attention. No matter how oddly it may appear, you will be inclined to see the post because you know that a simple misinformation can easily damage your reputation.
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  • Dropbox Used In Delivering UPATRE Malware

    Due to the popularity of file hosting service Dropbox, it is no surprise that cybercriminals leverage this platform to proliferate their malicious activities. We recently spotted a spam run that purports as an eFax notification mail.
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  • Mother's Day Gift Spam Arrives Just In Time, Leads To Scam Site

    Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and with such an occasion, the purchasing of flowers as gifts is usually customary, and most likely companies will be taking advantage by providing discounts and offers online.Of course, cybercriminals are just as enterprising, and would have tailored specific threats and scams in order to make money from the unsuspecting gift-shopper.
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  • Knife Attack at South China Railway Station Used In Part Of Spam Campaign

    The recent tragedy that happened in China Railway's Guangzhou Station is the third and latest incident involving the railway and the hundreds of thousands that use it every day. On Tuesday May 6, officials reported that at least 6 people were injured when an unconfirmed number of assailants began stabbing bystanders in Guangzhou station.
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  • Capsized South Korean Ferry Used in Spam

    Last April 16, 2014, news of South Korean ferry, ‘Sewol’ incident, which carried 476 passengers shocked the world. And as with other major news, tragic or not, spammers did not hesitate to use this big news to lure unsuspecting users to their social engineering ploy.
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