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Uncovering a MSN Social Engineering Scam

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2008-02-20 14:56:53 by HASH0x8b28420 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scam trying to socially engineer end users into handling their accounting data by offering them the opportunity to supposidely see who's blocked them at MSN, has been circulating online for a while in the form of new domains that get actively spammed across different forums. The scam itself is just the tip of the iceberg, however it's a good...
 
Tags: msn, scam, msn scam, msn messenger, malicious parties care, malicious parties, osint data, data, earn
 
 
 
 
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Nigerian 419 scam on LinkedIn

2008-04-24 18:41:39 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...scams...In the most recent outbreak of the Nigerian scam -- an advance fee fraud that is estimated to gross hundreds of millions of dollars annually -- the scam letter is sent as a LinkedIn or other social networking sites' invite to join the user's network. A profile page is established with the social networking site, to make the claims in...
 
Tags: social networks, social, nigerian, scam letter, user, sites, nigerian scam, advance fee fraud, user accounts
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Malware Scam iSexPlayer Wants Your Money

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2008-07-09 07:42:00 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scam For instance, once providing them with your credit card details and basically wanting to try out the service, it appears that there's no way out of it which is a problem since " Trial membership recur at $US 29.95 unless cancelled, Monthly membership recur unless cancelled " and also, " Do you want full access to all pictures and...
 
Tags: isexplayer, install, install isexplayer, access, internet access, isexplayer access module, phone, blackhat seo sites, sites
 
 
 
 
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Phishers Backdooring Phishing Pages to Scam One Another

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2008-08-07 15:01:50 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scamming one another at an alarming rate according to a recently published research entitled " There is No Free Phish:An Analysis of Free and Live Phishing Kits Cybercriminals attempting to scam other cybercriminals has been happening for years, with old school cases where backdoored malware tools such as crypters and binders are offered for...
 
Tags: phishers, myspace phishers, campaign, myspace, rock phish campaign, free phish, free, kits, attack
 
 
 
 
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Beware MonaRonaDona antivirus scam, researchers warn

2008-03-03 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
If your computer gets infected with a Trojan called the "MonaRonaDona virus," be careful with what you use to wipe it off your computer, says antimalware software provider Kaspersky Lab. MonaRonaDona is part of an elaborate scam to sell fake antivirus software, Kaspersky researchers say
 
Tags: monaronadona, monaronadona virus, fake antivirus software, kaspersky researchers, computer, scam, trojan, wipe, careful
 
 
 
 
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CEO-phishing scam fires up anew

2008-04-17 08:26:56 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Online scammers apparently brushed back by widespread coverage of their attempts to spear-phish thousands of C-level execs started up the scam again on Wednesday
 
Tags: online scammers apparently, widespread coverage, c-level execs, scam, spear-phish thousands, wednesday, attempts
 
 
 
 
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CEO subpoena scam fires up anew

2008-04-17 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
After tricking several thousand executives into downloading malicious software earlier this week, online scammers started up their subpoena phishing scam again Wednesday, but on a much smaller scale Get a FREEMICROSOFT DYNAMICSERP/CRM RESOURCE DVD Advertisement See how ERP and CRM solutions from Microsoft Dynamics work BETTER with your...
 
Tags: malicious software, online scammers, microsoft dynamics, scam, everyday software, subpoena, crm solutions, thousand executives, advertisement
 
 
 
 
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Web scam suicide

2008-05-02 16:19:57 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...scams such as the Nigerian 419 emails or fake lottery wins make themselves easy targets for ridicule from those wise enough to be "in the know." However, there is a deadly serious side because many of the scams appear to be very plausible on first read, people do fall victim, and lives do get ruined as a result. No better example than that...
 
Tags: scams, spam based scams, lottery, fake lottery wins, spam, security awareness messages, circumstances, remain vigilant, university student
 
 
 
 
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Hong Kong scam site targets Chinese residents in UK

2008-06-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8af1ef4 in Network World on Security
 
A scam Web site that mimics a law firm's Hong Kong homepage is still active on the Internet, although the incident was reported to police in both the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and China
 
Tags: hong kong homepage, scam web site, law firm, internet, mimics, incident, active, police, china