Miscreant used stolen email accounts to cram crap into inboxes A marketer who used stolen email accounts to trouser more than a million dollars by spamming people has been sent down for four years.… The Register – Security Secure Hunter Anti -Malware
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WordPress munching contagion turns Linux servers into spam bots Secure Hunter
Spam spam spam spam, lovely spam! Wonderful spam! The Mumblehard malware is turning Linux and BSD server into spam-spewing zombies.… The Register – Security Secure Hunter Anti -Malware
Emotet spam campaign targets banking credentials
A new variant in the Win32/Emotet family is targeting banking credentials with a new spam email campaign. The emails include fraudulent claims, such as fake phone bills, and invoices from banks or PayPal. Since November 2014 we have been monitoring a new variant: Trojan:Win32/Emotet.C. This variant was part of a recent spam campaign that peaked in …
Wire transfer spam spreads Upatre
The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) is currently monitoring a spam email campaign that is using a wire transfer claim to spread Trojan:Win32/Upatre. It is important to note that customers running up-to-date Microsoft security software are protected from this threat. Additionally, customers with Microsoft Active Protection Service Community (MAPS) enabled also benefit from our cloud protection service. …
Google Tweaks Gmail to Help Limit Spam Secure Hunter
Google is making a small, but potentially important, change to the way that Gmail handles some special characters in messages as a way to defeat a common tactic used by spammers to confuse recipients and trick them into opening emails. Threatpost – English – Global – threatpost.com » Malware Secure Hunter Anti -Malware