Summarizing Webroot's Threat Blog Posts for September

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

01. Spamvertised ‘Wire Transfer Confirmation’ themed emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
02. Intuit themed ‘QuickBooks Update: Urgent’ emails lead to Black Hole exploit kit
03. Cybercriminals resume spamvertising bogus greeeting cards, serve exploits and malware
04. Cybercriminals abuse Skype’s SMS sending feature, release DIY SMS flooders
05. New Russian service sells access to thousands of automatically registered accounts
06. Spamvertised ‘Your Fedex invoice is ready to be paid now’ themed emails lead to Black Hole Exploit kit
07. New Russian DIY SMS flooder using ICQ’s SMS sending feature spotted in the wild
08. Spamvertised ‘US Airways reservation confirmation’ themed emails serve exploits and malware
09. Cybercriminals impersonate FDIC, serve client-side exploits and malware
10. Managed Ransomware-as-a-Service spotted in the wild
11. A peek inside a boutique cybercrime-friendly E-shop – part four
12. New E-shop selling stolen credit cards data spotted in the wild
13. From Russia with iPhone selling affiliate networks
14. New Russian DIY DDoS bot spotted in the wild

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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

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Summarizing ZDNet's Zero Day Posts for August

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for August, 2012. You can subscribe to Zero Day's main feed, or follow me on Twitter:

 
01. BlackBerry users targeted with malware-serving email campaign
02. Java zero day vulnerability actively used in targeted attacks
03. Loozfon Android malware targets Japanese female users
04. Researcher reports a CSRF vulnerability in Facebook's App Center, earns $5,000
05. Cybercriminals impersonate popular security vendors, serve malware

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