The Income Tax Department of India recently announced that the last date for sending income tax returns for AY 2010-2011 has been extended to July 31, 2011. During 2010, phishers had plotted their
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Spam and Phishing Landscape: May 2011
May 18, 2011
Symantec
The unexpected raid and resulting death of Osama Bin Laden shocked the world. As always, spammers were quick to jump on this headline and send a variety of spam messages leveraging the event. The &
Spammers Claim Wikipedia for Pharma Fakes
May 16, 2011
Symantec
Last year, phishers targeted Wikipedia with a large number of spam emails that directed unsuspecting users to a fraudulent Wikipedia website. Currently, we are observing a new spam tactic being use
419 Spam Goes Lingo
May 12, 2011
Symantec
Have you ever received an email from an unknown person offering you an exorbitant amount of money and asking for your personal information in return? Well, that is exactly what a “419 scam