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In the overwhelming sea of information, access to timely, insightful and independent open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyses is crucial for maintaining the necessary situational awareness to stay on the top of emerging security threats. This blog covers trends and fads, tactics and strategies, intersecting with third-party research, speculations and real-time CYBERINT assessments, all packed with sarcastic attitude

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Summarizing ZDNet's Zero Day Posts for May

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for May. You can subscribe to my personal RSS feed, Zero Day's main feed, or follow me on Twitter:

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China's Blue Army: When nations harness hacktivists for information warfare

01. Vishing attack on Skype pushing scareware
02. Commtouch: 71 percent increase in new zombies
03. Osama execution video scam spreading on Facebook
04. New MAC OS X scareware delivered through blackhat SEO
05. 'You visit illegal websites' FBI-themed emails lead to scareware
06. Fake Microsoft Patch Tuesday emails lead to ZeuS crimeware
07. 'Enable Dislike Button' scam spreading on Facebook
08. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center FTP server hacked
09. 'Checkout Your PROFILE Stalkers' scam spreading on Facebook
10. 'The World Funniest Condom Commercial - LOL' scam spreading on Facebook
11. China's Blue Army: When nations harness hacktivists for information warfare

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Independent Security Consultancy, Threat Intelligence Analysis (OSINT/Cyber Counter Intelligence) and Competitive Intelligence research on demand. Insightful, unbiased, and client-tailored assessments, neatly communicated in the form of interactive reports - because anticipating the emerging threatscape is what shapes the big picture at the end of the day. Approach me at dancho.danchev@hush.com