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How spam targets small business 17 Aug 2012 | 07:58 am
by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers When criminals use computers to steal money, they don’t usually go after private individuals. The average person doesn’t keep a sizable s...
Phishing the 1% – keylogger spam aims at hedge funds 15 Aug 2012 | 07:46 am
by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers If you were in the business of distributing malware that steals computer credentials, wouldn’t you want to get your payload installed on th...
Spam campaign slanders Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas 7 Aug 2012 | 01:49 am
by Dave Michmerhuizen and Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Spammers are trying to capitalize on the excitement surrounding the gold medal performance of the United States women’s gymnastic team by...
The Twitter Underground Economy: A Blooming Business 4 Aug 2012 | 01:20 am
– A study on Dealers, Abusers and fake Twitter Accounts by Jason Ding, Research Scientist Many people dream of becoming popular or famous, and Twitter provides an outlet to make this possible. Most Tw...
Malicious spam targets Certified Public Accountants 1 Aug 2012 | 08:25 am
by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Malware distributors are always looking to have their programs installed on the desktops of people who handle money. Barracuda Labs has de...
As real estate market heats up, so do real estate phishing emails 12 Jul 2012 | 01:17 am
by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers The real estate market in the United States is showing signs of heating up, and spammers are taking advantage of the increased activity by...
New Insights on Maliciousness in Top-ranked Domains 3 Jul 2012 | 09:21 am
by Paul Royal, Research Consultant In March 2012, Barracuda Labs published its first report on observed maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains. This post continues that work and includes new measu...
American Red Cross spam links to Paypal.com 29 Jun 2012 | 05:42 am
by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Spammers often take advantage of a wide variety of recognizable brands; Microsoft, UPS, banks, even the FBI. Whenever a large natural di...
Herald Media News Portal Compromised, Used to Serve Exploits 18 Jun 2012 | 10:00 pm
by Paul Royal, Research Consultant Beginning in early May 2012 and persisting over a period of ten days, Herald Media’s primary news portal (heraldm.com) was compromised and used to serve drive-by do...
“Adding Game” on Facebook? – Is it a real game or potential spamming trick? 10 Jun 2012 | 10:38 am
By Jason Ding, Research Scientist Facebook, the giant online social network platform that launched its IPO on May 18, is approaching 1 billion users from more than 200 regions of the globe. There is ...
