Malware Researcher’s Content Exploited by Rogue Affiliates

S!Ri, a malware researcher and Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) at Malwarebytes, recently posted a blog when he spotted that his content had been

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

Spam Lawsuit Yields Facebook Hefty Compensation

A Northern California federal district court awarded Facebook a sum of $711 Million from Sanford Wallace as compensation for damages he did to the website

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

Phishing Scam Targets World of Warcraft

An e-mail scam, attacking subscribers and users of the WoW (World of Warcraft) website, is reportedly trying to phish off members' login credentials. The

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

ESET Warns Users about Fake Windows & Outlook Update E-mails

According to the Web security firm 'ESET,' cybercriminals are sending fake notifications of update Windows and other such programs. ESET states that the

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

Australia Faces Higher Number of Spam Than The Global Average

In its recent MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the online security company 'Symantec' states that based on a worldwide study, Australia continues to have

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

Ford Foundation Warns Users of Scam E-mails

Several spam emails using the name, logo and Web address of the Ford Foundation are in circulation over the Internet, warn cyber security experts.

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

7 Million Computers Already Infected by Conficker

Security researchers at the Shadowserver Foundation, a volunteer-run organization, logged systems from over 7 Million different IP addresses. These

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/7

Cyber Threat Gaining Edge Over Drug Trafficking

According to the Internet security firm Symantec, although cyber criminals are getting sharper and stronger and their approach to commit crimes is becoming

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

Sophisticated Attack Compromised The Guardian’s UK Jobs Website

The Guardian informed almost half a million of its UK-based job website users through e-mails that "a sophisticated and deliberate attack", which

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

FDIC Warns Netizens of Phishing Scam

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) issued an alert on October 26, 2009, according to which, FDIC received numerous complaints of a fake e-mail

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

New Code Injection Assault Widely Targeting Websites

Ever since Mal/Iframe-N detected on October 21, 2009, cyber security researchers at SophosLabs have reported of observing an increasing number of infections

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

‘Silon’ Malware Detects IE Login Sessions and Steals Credentials

According to a warning from security researchers at Trusteer (a company that protects customers doing online businesses), a new Trojan called Silon is able

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

Trojan Clampi Utilizes Shellcode for Circumventing Firewalls

According to researchers at security company Symantec, the Clampi Trojan is executing strange ways for bypassing compromised computers' firewalls like the

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

Latest Ransomware Insists on Decryption Fee After Encrypting Files

According to security researchers at the cyber-security company 'CA,' a newly-launched variant of ransomware is aiming at widely-used file extensions like

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/6

Phishing Scam Target Students at UW-L

A malicious, phishing campaign has recently hit students at UW-L (University of Wisconsin La Crosse) (Wisconsin, USA).

John Tillman, Chief Information

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

Phishing E-mails Spoofed TSTT

'Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago' (a state-owned organization of Trinidad and Tobago) has issued a warning that a bogus e-mail purporting

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

Hackers Infected Gizmodo with Malware

According to cyber security researchers, hackers had placed adverts loaded with viruses on Gizmodo, the largest gadget website of the world receiving over 3

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

New Wave of Malicious Spam Attack on Facebook

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network of the security firm Websense Inc. has detected a fresh campaign of malicious e-mail assaults on the popular

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

2009’s Top Ten E-mail Blunders

Security firm Proofpoint has just recently issued its "Top 10 Terrifying E-Mail Blunders of 2009" list.

URL Zone Trojan is the first mishap

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

Use of Personalized E-Mail Scams in Cybercrime Surging

Throughout the world cybercrime activities are increasing, especially with the help of personalized e-mails. To verify this, two distinct cases, in which

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

Malware-laden BoxBe E-mails Create Panic Among Netizens

A notice issued by the Government of Guam on October 22, 2009 warned users about automated e-mails spreading via government contacts.

Jim Lacson,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/5

ZBot Spammed Through Capital One Phishing Site

Trend Micro security researchers state that they have detected a weird amalgamation of the ZBot malware and a phishing scam targeting Capitol One in an

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Spam Mails with Hoax Contract Installs Trojan

According to Trend Micro security researchers, spam mails are being distributed having a zip attachment, which actually carries a malicious program. The

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Modified UAC in Windows 7 Creates Trouble for Security Experts

With Microsoft's much hyped novel Windows 7 OS (Operating System) getting released on October 22, 2009, security specialists stated that the OS had a

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Operation Eagle Claw Busts Phishers and Phishing Websites

The anti-corruption agency of Nigeria, popularly known as "The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission" or EFCC, has reported of coordinating

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Botnets Contribution to Click Fraud Scams Growing

According to a new study by 'Click Forensics,' click fraud traffic from botnets has risen yet again; this quarter it is estimated at 42.6% of fraudulent

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Twitter Follows Smart Route to Block Spam

According to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with the security firm Sophos, accounts of some Twitter users have been found posting messages

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Trend Micro Believes FAKEAV Becomes Open Sourced Application

Malware researchers at Trend Micro, an online security firm, have found that hackers in their efforts to distribute the bogus antivirus 'FAKEAV' are

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/4

Banking Malware Attacks Escalate, But Banks Combating Them Hard

According to researchers at cyber security company RSA, while malware attacks against banking customers rose ten times during 2008, banks (by using multiple

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Windows 7 and Balloon Boy Latest Headlines for Spam

According to security researchers at McAfee, spammers and phishing fraudsters are still exploiting popular topics searched for on the Web for disseminating

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Rumor of Kayne West’s Death Proliferate Scareware and Malware

According to Internet security researchers, cyber criminals are taking advantage of the rumor spreading the death news of singer Kayne West in a motor crash

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Brazil - New Banking Trojan Uses GMER Technique

In a blog post made on TrendMicro.com on October 20, 2009, Jessa De La Torre, Threat Response Engineer, wrote that Brazilian banks were again targeted by a

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Bing Flaw Exploited by Spammers Being Fixed

As per a post on security firm Webroot's threat blog, researchers have detected a fresh spam campaign in the third week of October 2009. In this campaign,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Phishing E-mails Circulating Worldwide

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting Internet users with phony scam e-mails. This fact confirms from recent two examples in which hackers sent fake

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Kaspersky Lab – China Hosts Highest Malware Laden Websites

According to Kaspersky Lab's Malware Miscellany Report for September 2009, China attained the top slot among the top 3 countries hosting websites that

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/3

Zbot Botnet Sends Spam and Trojan Zeus

According to the Internet security specialists, Zbot (network of bots) holds 3.6 Million US computers or 1% of the country's total computers, as per

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

Koobface Spreading Among Computers through Social-networking Websites

According to Computer Troubleshooters, an international network of the largest number of outsourced IT suppliers who provide onsite PC facilities to SMBs,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

FedEx and DHL Spam Attack with Greater Ferocity

Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos, on October 20, 2009 wrote on the company blog Sophos.com that security researchers were presently

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

Phony Agent Programs in Russia Spread Information Stealing Malware

Maxim Goncharov, Advanced Threats Researcher at security company Trend Micro, wrote on the trendmicro blog on October 20, 2009 that the company's

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

BBB Spoofed in Complain Confirmation Phishing E-mail

The Better Business Bureau is warning businesses and consumers to be careful of a newly launched phishing scam. The scam is actually based on an e-mail

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

Phishing Longevity Declines in 1H-2009

A latest phishing survey called "Global Phishing Survey: Trends and Domain Name Use 1H2009" released by the Anti-Phishing Work Group (APWG) in

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

Commtouch Shares Important Highlights of Phishing Trends

Internet security company 'Commtouch' in its new Threat Trends Report (Q3-2009) highlights some interesting facts about the phishing trends seen so far in

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/2

Hackers Attack Facebook Users by Malicious ‘Video Player’ Update

F-Secure, an IT security company, has alerted all Web users that a phony Facebook website is utilizing a malevolent JavaScript in the pretext of installing

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/31

Panda - Spammers Target Auto Industry More Than Any Other Industry

According to a research conducted by an online security company 'Panda Security,' cyber-miscreants are targeting the automobile sector more with

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/31

ACMA - Australians Filed 3,947 Spam Complaints in 2008-09

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) commissioned a news poll study entitled "The Survey into Community Attitudes to Unsolicited

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/31

Sheriff’s Office Concerned on Mounting Phishing Scams

The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office is issuing alert to the general public regarding the prevalence and severity of phishing e-mail scams.

However

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/31

Hacked Facebook Applications Install Fake Antivirus Software

Roger Thompson, Chief Research Officer, AVG, has recently disclosed that many games and other applications made to be used on Facebbok.com have been

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/31

Phishing Attack Targets Google AdSense Users

According to security researchers, a widely used Google AdSense advertising utility has been targeted by a socially engineered phishing campaign that tries

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/30

ScanSafe - Gumblar Botnet Reactivates and Spreads Malware

According to researchers at online security firm 'ScanSafe,' several websites that were compromised by the Gumblar assaults during May 2009 are now serving

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/30

Phishing E-mail Shocks British Resident

As people increasingly use Internet and engage in social networking activities, cyber crime tends to increase.

Despite repeated warnings of

» SPAMfighter News 2009/10/30