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Blackhole Exploit Kit Leverages Margaret Thatcher's Death
The death of a well-known celebrity or personality has always proven to be cybercriminal fodder, and Margaret Thatcher's passing, Great Britain's former Prime Minister, is no exception. Trendlabs engineers received samples of a Blackhole Exploit Kit spam campaign leveraging the event.
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Fake CNN News Spread Rumors About Pope
The Catholic Church has received much attention amid the papal conclave and inauguration. Cybercriminals have used this to their advantage by using it as the subject for spammed messages.
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FTC Customer Complaint Notification Spam
Cybercriminals prove that they are not above taking advantage of highly-trusted government agencies. We recently received a sample of a spam campaign targeting the US Federal Trade Commission, an independent agency of the US government.
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Fake Optus and DIAC Notifications Lead To Backdoor
Optus, one of the largest telecommunication companies in Australia, along with the the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), have both become victims of a recent spam campaign. We received samples of the campaign's spammed emails that target the customers of both organizations, each one made to look as though they've been sent by the organizations themselves.
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TurboTax packaged with a Malware
Malware comes with this fake spammed email spoofing an official notification from TurboTax, a popular tax management software made by US-based financial and tax software company Intuit. At first glance the e-mail looks like a legitimate notification, notifying that the user's personal tax return has been rejected and that they should open the attached archive for more details.
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Fraudulent German Invoice Notification Contains Malware
The use of bogus invoices remains an effective social engineering tactic as seen in the continuous usage of such technique.Recently, we spotted a spammed message written in German language that purports as a notification.
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Fraudulent NBA ALL STAR 2013 Poll Invites Lead to Malware
As creatures of habit, cybercriminals have become predictable when it comes to their social engineering tactics. They tend to leverage newsworthy items like calamities, celebrity news, and upcoming events.
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Fake ADP Security Management Notification Leads To Malware
Spammed messages were found to spoof a security management notification from Automatic Data Processing, Inc.(ADP).
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Bogus Online Booking Notification Leads to Malware
With the holidays just around the corner, it is no surprise to see spammed messages that leveraged travel and hotel booking confirmation. TrendLabs engineers spotted an email message that purports to come from Booking.
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2012 Black Friday Spam Offers Fake Products, Leads to Fraud
The US holiday Black Friday still is a social engineering lure that spammers use. Spammers using this holiday have peddled various products since 2010.
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