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Phishing scam masquerades as Adobe upgrade

Phishing scam masquerades as Adobe upgrade March 31, 2011 8:35 AM PDT by Lance Whitney Phishers use all kinds of come-ons to lure their victims. But one persistent piece of spam tries to trick people by offering an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat.  Detailed by security provider Cloudmark in a blog posted yesterday, this type of […]

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Spam down 33 percent after Rustock takedown

Report: Spam down 33 percent after Rustock takedown March 30, 2011 9:44 AM PDT by Lance Whitney (Credit: Symantec) The successful takedown of the Rustock botnet cut the volume of spam across the world by one-third, according to Symantec’s March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. By the end of last year, the notorious botnet was responsible […]

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Microsoft raids disable vast spam network

SEATTLE, March 18 (UPI) — A huge network sending malicious spam across cyberspace was crippled in raids by Microsoft and federal agents, the company said Friday. The software giant secured a federal court order to carry out the raids across the United States, accompanied by U.S. marshals, The Wall Street Journal reported. Internet hosting sites […]

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