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Heat Wave Brings Spam
Ruby Yang @ Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:45:44A heat wave has hit Russia hard. It has gotten worse and has led to forest fires. Extremely Read more
Spammers Introduce New Email Internet Headers
Suyog Sainkar @ Mon, 6 Sep 2010 13:07:45Symantec has been tracking a recent phishing email attack that is targeting the users of a number Read more
Evolution of SEO Poisoning
Andrea Lelli @ Wed, 1 Sep 2010 03:24:18In previous blogs we have discussed how malware can exploit a search engine’s indexing Read more
Catching Flies with Honey
Gavin O Gorman @ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:17:16Symantec often utilizes honeypots to acquire new samples and observe attacks in the wild. Many Read more
Tidserv’s Boot Methods
Piotr Krysiuk @ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:58:11In this blog we continue our analysis of the recently discovered Tidserv variant that is capable Read more
Fake Survey Seeking Opinions on Social Networking Features
Samir Patil @ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:40:47Symantec has observed a new spam tactic being used in which fake surveys are seeking users' Read more
Tidserv 64-bit Goes Into Hiding
Symantec Security Response @ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:29:18Backdoor.Tidserv first came to light in back in 2008 as a Trojan that uses an advanced rootkit Read more
The Language Spammers: Spam Trick Innovators
Vivian Ho @ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:59:45Language spammers are quick to adapt all English spam tricks. We often see them apply various Read more
Malicious Spam Luring Victims with Claims of Celebrity Deaths
Mayur Kulkarni @ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:45:13Strange stories of celebrities' deaths resulting from plane crashes or car accidents have Read more
Phishers Target Automotive Sales Brands
Mathew Maniyara @ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:58:22In the past couple of months, Symantec has observed phishing attacks on legitimate automotive Read more











