Famous or infamous, when you make news, the scammers pay attention. While we have come to expect the famous and infamous to show up in malware attacks that use spam and SEO poisoning, we shouldn&rs
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A Tale of Horses, True Love, and Greed: A Closer Look at Spam Patterns from Asia
August 24, 2011
Symantec
As you sit down and open Outlook to delete yet another “Satisfy her in bed tonight!” solicitation from Angelina Jolie, do you ever wonder if every spam email on earth looks the same? It
Global Debt Crises News Drives Pump-and-Dump Stock Scams
August 10, 2011
Symantec
Just as they sound, pump-and-dump stocks are promoted (pumped) by their owners in order to inflate the price of the stocks as much as possible so that they may then be sold (dumped) be
The five-time Grammy award winner Amy Winehouse was found dead in London on July 23rd. Symantec has already observed spammers who are trying to capitalize on related news headlines by sending out m