MX Logic IT Security Blog
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| Blog Name: | MX Logic IT Security Blog |
| Url: | http://mxlogic.com/itsecurityblog/index.cfm |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | security, email, internet |
| Description: | A look into current and future email and internet security threats. Maintained by Sam Masiello - Vice President, Information Security for MX Logic. MX Logic is a Denver, CO based email and web filtering security firm who services SMBs and Enterprises globally. |
| Popularity: | 31 Followers |
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Want to Play Monopoly? Spammers Don't Play Fair!
REMINDER: Over the next several weeks I will be transitioning the MX Logic IT Security Blog over to the McAfee Avert Labs blog. Please continue to follow me there. In the latest social engineering tactic targeting people who like to play games online, a new spam campaign has emerged attempting to lure users into downloading a Monopoly game, which is more like a game of Russian Roulette. The email arrives as a seemingly innocuous invite from a random user (usually your first clue that this is something to avoid!) using an inviting subject line like "Play Online Together" or "Tom h
REMINDER: Over the next several weeks I will be transitioning the MX Logic IT Security Blog over to the McAfee Avert Labs blog. Please continue to follow me there. In the latest social engineering tactic targeting people who like to play games online, a new spam campaign has emerged attempting to lure users into downloading a Monopoly game, which is more like a game of Russian Roulette. The email arrives as a seemingly innocuous invite from a random user (usually your first clue that this is something to avoid!) using an inviting subject line like "Play Online Together" or "Tom h
Searches for Patrick Swayze Info Could Lead to Malware
ALERT: Over the next several weeks I will be transitioning the MX Logic IT Security Blog over to the McAfee Avert Labs blog. Please continue to follow me there. Now onto today's blog post :) Another celebrity death. Another recycled scareware tactic attemping to lure users to download malware by telling them that their PC is infected with a virus. We saw it after the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Natasha Richardson earlier this year. Now the attention of cyber criminals has turned to Monday's death of Patrick Swayze as the soup du
ALERT: Over the next several weeks I will be transitioning the MX Logic IT Security Blog over to the McAfee Avert Labs blog. Please continue to follow me there. Now onto today's blog post :) Another celebrity death. Another recycled scareware tactic attemping to lure users to download malware by telling them that their PC is infected with a virus. We saw it after the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Natasha Richardson earlier this year. Now the attention of cyber criminals has turned to Monday's death of Patrick Swayze as the soup du
Tune in to Hear About Security Issues Facing Corporate Blogs with Robert Scoble on the SecurityBuzz
Friday usually get people excited since it’s countdown to the weekend but this week we’re excited about it because we’re going to be having some stellar guests participate in the SecurityBuzz podcast. As you may recall last week Robert Scoble’s WordPress blog Scobleizer was
Friday usually get people excited since it’s countdown to the weekend but this week we’re excited about it because we’re going to be having some stellar guests participate in the SecurityBuzz podcast. As you may recall last week Robert Scoble’s WordPress blog Scobleizer was
New Malware Campaign Spoofs the IRS
Earlier this morning our Threat Operations Center noticed a new spam campaign originating from the Cutwail botnet that is sending out emails spoofing the IRS. We are currently observing traffic averaging about 90,000 messages per hour using this tactic. The email that users are receiving which appears to come from no-reply@irs.gov is attempting to get them to believe that they misreported their income on their taxes and that the IRS is giving them an opportunity to fix it.
Earlier this morning our Threat Operations Center noticed a new spam campaign originating from the Cutwail botnet that is sending out emails spoofing the IRS. We are currently observing traffic averaging about 90,000 messages per hour using this tactic. The email that users are receiving which appears to come from no-reply@irs.gov is attempting to get them to believe that they misreported their income on their taxes and that the IRS is giving them an opportunity to fix it.
New Malware Campaign Spoofs the IRS
Early this morning our Threat Operations Center noticed a new spam campaign originating from the Cutwail botnet spoofing the IRS that is attempting to lure users into clicking on a link which directs them to a web site to download malware. Over the past 3 hours we have been watching approximately 90,000 of these messages hitting our systems per hour. The email attempts to trick the user into believing that they misreported their income and gives them a link where they can review their tax statement online. The link in the email does not directly i
Early this morning our Threat Operations Center noticed a new spam campaign originating from the Cutwail botnet spoofing the IRS that is attempting to lure users into clicking on a link which directs them to a web site to download malware. Over the past 3 hours we have been watching approximately 90,000 of these messages hitting our systems per hour. The email attempts to trick the user into believing that they misreported their income and gives them a link where they can review their tax statement online. The link in the email does not directly i
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