Adding to the ever-increasing wave of post-election spam runs, we have recently received reports of yet more U.S. election-related threats. This time, spam messages promoting the (bogus) Canadian pharmacy are sent with sensational, and somewhat offensive, news about Barack Obama and John McCain as message subjects. Here are a couple of email sample screenshots: Figure…
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Posted on:November 5, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Now that the race to the US presidency has ended, where Barack Obama won by a landslide, the race for new Web threats related to his victory has now begun. Trend Micro Research Manager Ivan Macalintal reports of spam messages that are currently being circulated to spread malware, within hours after Obama delivered his acceptance…
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Posted on:August 29, 2008 at 2:44 am
What is it with Paris Hilton these days? Just this week we’ve seen several pictures of the celebrity in a spam run that is yet again pushing rogue AV. Although we’re quite familiar with the social engineering technique involved in name-dropping celebrities in order to pique more interest (and therefore hits), the last celebrity we’ve…
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Posted on:June 16, 2008 at 4:11 am
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Remember the cross-site scripting (XSS) attack that redirected viewers of Barack Obama’s Web site to Hilary Clinton’s? Obama finally clinching the nomination does not seem to stop these redirections involving the upcoming US presidential elections. With Clinton out of the way, it’s between Obama and GOP (Grand Old Party aka Republican Party) nominee John McCain…
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