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Merianne Polintan

Anti-spam Research Engineer

A Year of Spam: The Notable Trends of 2013

  • Posted on:January 7, 2014
  • Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Merianne Polintan (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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2013 was a year of change in the spam landscape. The volume of spam increased from 2012. We witnessed the decline of a previously-successful exploit kit. The old became new again, thanks to different techniques used by spammers. While we still saw traditional types of spam, we also saw several “improvements” which allowed spammers to…

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Tags: blackhole exploit kitMalwareSpamspam roundupUPATREZBOT

Nelson Mandela Spam Run: Before and After His Demise

  • Posted on:December 10, 2013
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Posted by:
    Merianne Polintan (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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Nelson Mandela, one of Africa’s most recognizable figures, passed away last December 5. This unfortunate event did not stop cybercriminals from spewing their usual spam campaigns, this time attempting to leverage the African leader’s demise. What is interesting is that even before Mandela’s death, spammers were already using his name to capture users’ attention. Typically, scammers…

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Tags: Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela deathscamsocial engineeringSpam

Spike in Health-Themed Spam Marks September-October Spam Threats

  • Posted on:November 19, 2013
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Posted by:
    Merianne Polintan (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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In the past few weeks, we’ve seen drastic and noteworthy increases in the number of health-related spam in the wild. Prior to September, this type of spam was relatively rare. However, as September began, these suddenly increased. Over the next few weeks, health-themed spam constituted 30% of the spam we saw, with an average of…

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Tags: health spamobamacare spamSpamsurvey scams

Obamacare Spam Surfaced Even Before Enrolment Starts

  • Posted on:October 1, 2013
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Merianne Polintan (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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As enrolment for the controversial Affordable Care Act or Obamacare starts today, cybercriminals already had a head start, spewing Obamacare-related spam as early as first weeks of September. Spam containing the terms “medicare” “enrollment” “medical insurance” started surfacing during the first week of September. Some of these spam variants can be easily recognized as such….

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Tags: ACAaffordable care actenrolmentobamacareSpamsurvey scamweb threats

ZeuS/ZBOT: Most Distributed Malware by Spam in August

  • Posted on:September 16, 2013
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Merianne Polintan (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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In our 2Q Security Roundup, we noted the resurgence of online banking malware, in particular the increase of ZeuS/ZBOT variants during the quarter. While ZeuS/ZBOT has been around for some times, its prevalence shows that it is still a big threat to end users today. For the month of August, 23% of spam with malicious…

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Tags: FAREITMalwareonline banking malwareSpamZBOTZeuS
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