Valentines Malware with Lovely Artwork

February 12th, 2008 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Data & Research, Email Security | Leave a comment »

It was a given that malware writers would roll out a new Valentine’s Day campaign, with the holiday of love just two days away. But who knew that they could be such creative artists with the pictures they choose to deliver their malicious software? OK, they probably stole the valentine’s pics from a legitimate site, [...]

Malware Writers Send an Early Valentine (if outbreaks are a sign of love)

January 15th, 2008 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Email Security, Spam Favorites | 2 Comments »

Commtouch Labs is reporting mid-level volumes of a love-themed blended attack generated from zombies. The messages are tiny (around 2k), and have a love-oriented subject (e.g. “Memories of you”), and a short love-oriented message in the body (e.g. “A token of my love”; “falling in love with you”; “Happy I’ll be your bride”), with a [...]