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Spammers Use ‘Disposable’ Domains to Prevent Shutdowns
Written on 15 Jul, 2010 at 12:51 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 66 views times | 1 Comment
Spammers and botnet operators have been reported as using disposable domains for their activities to evade security technologies. According to research by security firm M86 Security Labs, spammers are buying dozens of domains at a time and moving from... (Continue reading)
Spammers Made June ‘Month of Malware’
Written on 12 Jul, 2010 at 10:53 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 145 views times | 0 Comments
The loss of several zombie networks due to legal actions caused spammers to up their criminal activities to make up for lost revenue, making June the month of malware, according to Symantec’s State of Spam & Phishing Report of June. In... (Continue reading)
Spammers Favorite Topic Now: FIFA World Cup
Written on 30 Jun, 2010 at 13:19 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 42 views times | 0 Comments
In its June 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report, Symantec highlighted how the amount of spam related to the keywords of soccer and football since March 2010 has reached 25 percent of overall spam as the World Cup continues. Holidays such as... (Continue reading)
Zeus Malware Distributed via Terror-Themed Spam
Written on 21 Jun, 2010 at 9:18 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 109 views times | 1 Comment
Spammers are notorious for latching on to the most recent trend in an effort to increase click rates. Recently, a spam campaign containing Zeus malware utilized recent concerns over terrorism to send messages which appeared to be sent by the... (Continue reading)
Indonesian Government Hacked over World Cup
Written on 14 Jun, 2010 at 9:25 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 40 views times | 0 Comments
Spammers and other cyber miscreants are already taking advantage of the World Cup, spreading malware and spam featuring World Cup related ads and emails. However, a security researcher at Kaspersky Labs has discovered a new attack, that appears to not... (Continue reading)
World Cup Good for Spammers
Written on 11 Jun, 2010 at 9:28 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 31 views times | 1 Comment
The World Cup begins today and spammers have already joined the party, releasing spam messages that target individuals searching for World Cup information. Presently, the amount of World Cup-related spam is relatively small compared to total spam amounts but it... (Continue reading)
Malaysian Police Bust Texting Scam
Written on 10 Jun, 2010 at 9:30 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 38 views times | 2 Comments
Police in Malaysia has broken up an alleged text message spam scam ring which believed to have netted over $1 million. The ring included 26 people, one Malaysian and the rest foreigners, and was responsible for taking RM6.4m ($1.9m) between... (Continue reading)
Simple Economics is the Answer to Cyber Attacks
Written on 9 Jun, 2010 at 9:51 in Cyber Policy | viewed 88 views times | 1 Comment
Carefully crafted targeted attacks using social engineering can be extremely difficult for users to detect. However, despite the rise in the use of social engineering, most people are still receiving generic spam campaigns instead. Why? Economics provides the answer, according... (Continue reading)
ISP Forced to Pay $807,000 in Spam Case
Written on 25 May, 2010 at 10:52 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 23 views times | 1 Comment
An internet service provider (ISP) has been ordered to pay a $807,000 fee after a judge ruled that the spam case the company filed was “groundless.” Asis Internet Services has filed over twenty lawsuits alleging spam attacks by users. Earlier this... (Continue reading)
Spammers to Pay $2.6 million
Written on 7 May, 2010 at 10:09 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 43 views times | 0 Comments
An Internet service provider (ISP) was recently awarded $2.6 million in restitution as the result of a lawsuit filed against a company that sent out 25,000 spam messages. Asis Internet Services, a small ISP, filed the lawsuit against the principles of... (Continue reading)
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