Monday, 21 May 2012
The Internet is the latest channel for "get rich quick" schemes. No wonder phishing and spam remains popular among hackers. Nigel Mendonca, regional director Asia for Symantec Hosted Services, says that 2010 will no different from 2009.
A new email attack that is currently targeting UK companies is sending out messages under the guise of New York Times' the Times Reader. When executed, the virus drops a keylogger into infected systems.
MessageLabs Intelligence has recorded a recent rice in spam using TLS (Transport Layer Security), a technique for sending email through encrypted channels. The accounted spam rose to 35% from last week's 20%.
The malware report finds that majority of targeted attacks originated from China.
They say curiosity killed the cat and your curiosity may just be the thing that cybercriminals are banking on with their latest ploy – personalized spam.
More and more cybercriminals have left traditional spam and phishing campaigns in favor of attacking social networking sites where its easier to exploit trust.
Spammers have long used these services as they offer a veil of anonymity
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