Friday, September 28, 2012

Summarizing Webroot's Threat Blog Posts for August


The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at Webroot's Threat Blog for August, 2012. You can subscribe to my Webroot's Threat Blog RSS Feed or follow me on Twitter:


01. Spamvertised AICPA themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
02. Spamvertised ‘PayPal has sent you a bank transfer’ themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
03. Ongoing spam campaign impersonates LinkedIn, serves exploits and malware
04. Millions of spamvertised emails lead to W32/Casonline
05. Cybercriminals impersonate AT&T’s Billing Service, serve exploits and malware
06. IRS themed spam campaign leads to Black Hole exploit kit
07. Cybercriminals spamvertise bogus greeting cards, serve exploits and malware
08. Spamvertised ‘Federal Tax Payment Rejected’ themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
09. Spamvertised ‘Fwd: Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet’ emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
10. Spamvertised ‘Royal Mail Shipping Advisory’ themed emails serve malware
11. Cybercriminals impersonate Intuit Market, mass mail millions of exploits and malware serving emails
12. Cybercriminals spamvertise PayPay themed ‘Notification of payment received’ emails, serve malware
13. Cybercriminals impersonate UPS, serve malware

This post has been reproduced from Dancho Danchev's blog. Follow him on Twitter.

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