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Aljerro Gabon

Anti-spam Research Engineer

.RTF File Conceals Spam

  • Posted on:May 4, 2010
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Posted by:
    Aljerro Gabon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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A few days ago, TrendLabsSM engineers received spam containing salad words (see Figure 1) along with a .ZIP file attachment (see Figure 2). This mixture of random words can be seen in the subject header and in the spam body. This was purposely done by spammers to bypass anti-spam filters that users may already be…

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Social Engineering Watch: Spam Leads to Canadian Pharmacy Sites

  • Posted on:October 29, 2009
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Aljerro Gabon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
1

Trend Micro researchers found over 200 email samples that spamvertised male sexual enhancement pills. These bore subjects like “Re: Go wild in bedroom,” “Re: Let your lever straight up,” and “Re: Be her concrete-rod satisfier” and contains a URL that points to all-too-familiar Canadian pharmacy websites. While spammed messages that lead to Canadian pharma sites are…

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Zbot Spam Campaign Continues

  • Posted on:October 16, 2009
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Aljerro Gabon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
1

A slightly modified Zbot spam campaign currently making rounds pretend to come from the IT support of various companies. It informs users that a security update in the mailing service caused changes in their mailbox settings. They are instructed to open the ZIP attachment and run the .EXE file, INSTALL.EXE to supposedly apply the changes….

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Spam Speculates Michael Jackson’s Murder

  • Posted on:July 2, 2009
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Aljerro Gabon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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Michael Jackson has been dead for a week already, but there are still a lot of speculations regarding his death. The spam runs are plenty as well — a Michael Jackson-related spam was seen bearing the subject Who killed Michael Jackson? , coming from a sender named x-files. The spam message suggests that the icon…

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Invoice Spam Finds New Target: WorldPay

  • Posted on:April 30, 2009
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Posted by:
    Aljerro Gabon (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
3

After spam runs related to UPS, FedEx, and Western Union, another form of invoice spam strikes again! We caught a new invoice spam that is purportedly from WorldPay, a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland that specializes in handling secure online payments from all over the world. The spammed email message informs users that…

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