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Home   »   Author / Nino Penoliar (Anti-spam Research Engineer)

Nino Peloniar

Anti-spam Research Engineer

No Such Thing as Free Lunch, and Free Supper Will Cost You

  • Posted on:June 22, 2011
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Posted by:
    Nino Penoliar (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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People say there is no such thing as a free lunch and as we recently found out that there’s no such thing as free supper either. We recently came across a spam run that uses a nonexistent promotion from the popular fast-food chain McDonald’s that tries to convince users to execute a malicious file. The…

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Cybercriminals Already in a Festive Mood

  • Posted on:November 15, 2010
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Posted by:
    Nino Penoliar (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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The festive holiday season is a consistent cybercrime favorite because of the sheer number of shoppers that flood online shops during this period. Every year, as the number of holiday shoppers increase, so does the number and sophistication of cybercrime attacks. Just recently, we saw a slew of spammed messages emerge, a tell-tale sign that…

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Bogus “Balance Checker” Tool Carries Malware

  • Posted on:November 14, 2009
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Nino Penoliar (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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Trend Micro threat analysts received samples of spammed messages purporting to have come from mobile phone companies, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless. The email messages carry the subject, “Your credit balance is over its limits” and inform users that their credit balance is due. To be able to review the payments, users should employ the balance…

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Christmas Spam Spotted

  • Posted on:November 2, 2009
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Posted by:
    Nino Penoliar (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
1

With Christmas just right around the corner, spammers are already flooding users’ inboxes with unwanted email. No surprises there. Spammers are known to exploit the holidays to further their malicious causes. Just recently, Trend Micro threat analysts found another spammed message that claimed to be a “replication specialist” and enticed users to buy replica products like watches,…

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Italy: Political Controversy Spam

  • Posted on:June 25, 2009
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Nino Penoliar (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
2

As the controversy about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi rises, spammers take advantage of the news to lure their victims to their malicious plots. The spammed mail claims to come from YouTube, but checking the domain of the sender reveals that it actually came from youtorube.com, and not from the real youtube.com. Figure 1. Notice…

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