Fake Swine Flu alert blended threat attack

December 2nd, 2009 by Shara Grifenhagen | Category: Spam Favorites, Web Security | View Comments

Commtouch Labs has run across a brilliant blended threat campaign organized by a body pretending to be the Centers for Disease Control. The attack, originating from Chinese botnets, began on the morning (EST) of 1 December 2009 and is still going strong. By the time of this publication, the attack had been flagged as “massive” [...]

Swine Flu Infects Inboxes too

May 6th, 2009 by Shara Grifenhagen | Category: Spam Favorites | View Comments

As the Swine Flu makes its way around the world and creates panic among travelers, spammers have tried to cash in on the frenzy. The Commtouch Labs recently reported on two different kinds of spam attacks that have incorporated the phrase “Swine Flu” as a means of social engineering — Swine Flu is such a [...]