Latest Posts
New Year Brings New Spam Attacks
Dermot Harnett @ Thu Jan 08 13:41:28 GMT 2009Happy New Year! At this time of year, personal and professional resolutions are often made. These resolutions are often broken within a few days, but it is clear that one resolution will not be broken...[More ...]
A Spammer Has Sent You a Message
Amanda Grady @ Wed Jan 07 19:20:24 GMT 2009Symantec has observed at least two major social networking sites being spoofed in spam attacks this week. The spam is likely hitching a ride on the back of a recent phishing scam, as [More ...]
Not-For-Profit Phishing
Téo Adams @ Wed Jan 07 11:16:20 GMT 2009A recent phishing scheme that targets users of Twitter (http://blog.twitter.com/2009/01/gone-phishing.html) may be r...[More ...]
W32.Downadup Infection Statistics
Security Intel Analysis Team @ Tue Jan 06 20:39:43 GMT 2009The W32.Downadup.A worm was the first worm discovered in the wild that was suc...[More ...]
2008—Ending With a Bang
Security Intel Analysis Team @ Wed Dec 31 00:07:48 GMT 2008This has been an interesting year for high-profile vulnerabilities and security research. In 2008, awareness has been raised about a number of high impact, remote code-execution vulnerabilities aff...[More ...]
Merry Christmas from Arnold Schwarzenegger! (?)
Liam O Murchu @ Mon Dec 29 12:06:47 GMT 2008While investigating the worm W32.Waledac recently, we got a shock (and a few laughs) from what popped up on ours screens (yes, unfortunately this is what passes for kicks in the virus lab during th...[More ...]
Phishing Attacks Utilizing Port Numbers
Sai Nayaran Nambiar @ Tue Dec 23 21:00:55 GMT 2008There are varying types of technologies used by online attackers these days. There are old tricks and of course new ones, but it is the newer ones that make it even more difficult to handle the dil...[More ...]
An Early Holiday Gift—The Return of Spam
Dylan Morss @ Sat Dec 20 00:26:04 GMT 2008After the shutdown of McColo, which was aiding the distribution of about half of all spam on the internet globally, spam volumes dropped. However, since mid-November, spam volumes have been slowly ...[More ...]
Missing Email Headers? Find Them in the Body.
Mayur Kulkarni @ Thu Dec 18 15:37:59 GMT 2008Spammers always try to come up with new tricks to bypass antispam filters. This time, they have shown an ability to partly (or sometimes completely) hide essential headers, ruling filters on header...[More ...]
A Caution During the Season of Giving
Mayur Kulkarni @ Thu Dec 18 15:31:21 GMT 2008Like so many forms of donations today, contributions to cancer research and treatment can be made online. Unfortunately, any online business or charity can be prone to phishing attacks against unsuspe...[More ...]
