Several spamming messages have been observed by Trend Micro Lab that are targeting social network users, we used in the traditional spam message to find advertising content directly on the email but the reported cases seems to be slightly different as scammers are hosting the advertising content on hacked website under their control, If the [...]
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Junk Tweets Claims A Visa Gift Card
April 2nd, 2012
Mourad Ben Lakhoua GFI researchers have reported a new spamming campaign that are circulating on twitter, the spam message ask victims to check a twitter page where it contain a Link to a suspicious website, what is interesting that the twitter page have no activity and it keeps a single tweet states the following “Just tell us what [...]
Spammers Use IRS to Distribute Malware
March 22nd, 2012
Mourad Ben Lakhoua Malicious software have been reported by Sophos that are delivered to victims over email attachment, the email message include a statement that claim all tax refund appeal has been rejected. I think that many people who received this spam will be happy with it, but here the bad news that sender is not IRS but [...]
Spambots are here to stay, so learn from it
March 12th, 2012
Mourad Ben Lakhoua By Michelle Drolet The headline reads, “FBI warns of new malware targeting bank accounts.” The headline could just as well say, “More new victims born from opening emails.” From the simple act of opening an email and clicking on an attachment, the victim’s username and password to their bank accounts are stolen by a process [...]
Jeremy Lin Document Prompts A Malicious Attack
March 1st, 2012
Mourad Ben Lakhoua After Facebook Whitney Houston Autopsy Video another spamming campaign has been reported by TrendMicro security experts. the detected malicious activity is using the popular NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin. the New York Knicks star is getting an increased popularity that made cybercriminal using his name to attract new victims. Document used in this malicous operation [...]
Beware of Facebook Whitney Houston Autopsy Video
February 15th, 2012
Mourad Ben Lakhoua Sophos alerts of a new malicious link circulating the social network , cybercriminals have made the link looks like a new video for Whitney Huston, this way to attract Facebook users and have more clicks especially that death of the star is the current hottest topic on internet. The message shared on Facebook looks as [...]
10 Ways Net Neutrality Laws Affect Your ISP
November 7th, 2011
Mourad Ben Lakhoua The subject of network neutrality on the web is a hotly debated issue with the potential to drastically alter the future of the internet. Net neutrality laws as currently written address three key issues: transparency; no blocking; and no unreasonable discrimination . Opponents argue for tiered services that distribute the cost of services according to [...]




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