Monday, November 30, 2009

IRS Spam Campaign leads to low detection malware

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We're getting tons of strange IRS spam this morning. Subjects like: IRS - Please Read! IRS - Tax Refund Notification! IRS e-file refund...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Beware Weekend Facebook Scam!

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The cybercriminals seem to have completed their Black Friday shopping and returned to work this morning with a new Facebook scam. Its proba...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Some Jerk posted your photo - and now you're infected!

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(Update: this scam from November 2009 is being repeated in February 2010 - for more on the current version please see: Minipost: Fake Photo ...
Monday, November 23, 2009

UAB Spam Data Mine finds Social Security Statement Zeus Bot

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I'm frequently asked how it is that the UAB Spam Data Mine is consistently among the first in reporting new spam campaigns that contain ...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Fake Flash Player Zbot spread by "Your Domain"

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The malware just keeps flowing! Today the top email-based threats continue to be related to the Zeus botnet or Zbot. The first we've w...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Running out of Money Mules?

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Cyber criminals have launched a new spam campaign this morning trying to recruit more Money Mules. What is a Money Mule? A Money Mule is a...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Zeus: Same Criminal, New Spam Infrastructure

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Last week, one of the most long-lived malware spam delivery systems, which the anti-phishing community knew as "Avalanche" went of...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Newest Zeus = NACHA: The Electronic Payments Association

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This morning I was meeting with some graduate students in the UAB Computer Forensics program to discuss what projects we would be running in...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The $9 Million World-Wide Bank Robbery

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On November 7th and 8th, 2008 a group of Russian and Estonian hackers raised the balances on several ATM "prepaid payroll cards" b...
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