When Brian Krebs posted a report about Rustock botnet takedown, Symantec observed a decline in overall spam traffic. Symantec.cloud posted a blog about this, and the Wall Street Journal is now repo
Category: Mail Security for Exchange/Domino
Phishers Offer Lottery Prizes
March 18, 2011
Symantec
Recently, phishers have used several types of bait on phishing sites where they impersonated universities, asked for fake donations, targeted celebrities, etc. Now, they are trying their luck on en
The earthquake and aftershocks which have struck New Zealand in the last few months are still being exploited by spammers and phishers in an attempt to feed upon the fears of Internet users. Symant
Nuclear Fears, Natural Disasters, and Political Unrests: A New Playground for the BlackHole Exploit Kit
March 17, 2011
Symantec
Symantec observed a spike of malicious spam activity in the early morning of March 16. These spam samples use subject lines related to the recent natural disaster in Japan and political unrest in t