July 6, 2010 04:24 by
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By Dan Bleaken, Senior Malware Analyst, Symantec Hosted Services
As we approach the semi-final stage of the 2010 World Cup, Symantec’s MessageLabs Intelligence has recorded a great variety of online threats relating to the event.
We’ve seen 419-style scams, including e-mails offering tickets to games; fake accommodation providers; offers of contracts to supply clothing and bo...
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April 30, 2010 03:19 by
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By Candid Wueest
David Beckham loves me! Well, love might be too strong a word as we’ve never actually met in real life, but I can confirm he at least is showing interest - he subscribed to my Twitter account this morning. At first I wasn’t sure if it really was David, but the photo sure looked like him.
Becks following me on Twitter, who would have thought? To my surprise it looks...
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April 29, 2010 04:19 by
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By Vladimir Amarante
Brazil arguably has the most passionate soccer fans in the world and, according to the Internet Security Threat Report – Volume XV recently launched by Symantec, it is also the 3rd country in the global ranking in terms of virtual malicious activity.
Before every World Cup, the country is flooded by a plethora of football promotions and collectables, which ar...
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March 17, 2010 00:48 by
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By Candid Wueest
In January we pointed out that cyber criminals took advantage of the large interest in the super bowl 2010 to lure unknowing people to their malicious sites. The most common method is to modify search results rankings of popular search engines and push specially crafted websites to the top.
Just recently we saw the same scheme used again, this time feeding off the film i...
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February 25, 2010 23:54 by
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By Hon Lau
Since as far back as I can remember there has always been talk of rivalry and wars between various malware creators. The testosterone fuelled battles may have even been encouraged by the media running stories of how such and such botnet “has X million nodes” egging the botnet herders to try and outwit and outgrow each other in a competition to grab market share.
Take for...
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February 13, 2010 21:34 by
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By Josh Talbot
I recall watching a Sandra Bullock film called “The Net” in the mid-nineties. It was about a software engineer, played by Bullock, who inadvertently became entangled in a web of cyber espionage and eventually had to fight for her identity and even her life in a flood of harrowing situations. One of the key plots in the film was that Bullock’s character was...
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January 29, 2010 00:03 by
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By Kevin Haley, Director, Symantec Security Technology and Response
Low-life cybercriminals love to take advantage of newsworthy events to tempt unsuspecting computer users into clicking on something they shouldn’t or downloading something they’ll regret. Sports events, especially major ones like the soccer World Cup, are no exception!
One of the more popular methods of lever...
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January 28, 2010 23:45 by
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Cybercrime is no longer the sole domain of whey-faced computer nerds who hack to gain the approbation of their pimply peers; it’s become a billion dollar business for sophisticated, organised crime syndicates.
Analysts estimate that individuals can earn anything up to $23 000 a week on the dark side of cyberspace – that’s almost three times the weekly salary of the Presi...
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January 15, 2010 02:05 by
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By Candid Wueest
2010 has arrived and will be a momentous year for South Africa as host of the FIFA World Cup. Being Swiss, I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for Switzerland equalling the success of our under-17 team, which walked away with the laurels in the junior event last year.
Like football fans across the globe, many of my friends are making plans for a mid-year saf...
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January 7, 2010 22:42 by
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By Paul Wood, Senior Analyst, Symantec Hosted Services
The New Year has arrived and excitement around the 2010 World Cup will soon reach fever pitch. Concurrently, I predict that inboxes will be inundated with a flood of football-related e-mails offering football videos, football tickets, football memorabilia and the like. Unfortunately, we’re just as likely to see an increase in spa...
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