February 8, 2012 - Thanks to Anand Muralidharan for their assistance with this research. Televison channels across the world are set to be at the 14th International Exhibition and Forum, World Content Show, held Feb 7- 9, 2012, in Russia. The exhibition showcases the latest (continue reading...) Read more
February 4, 2012 - You may not need pills to watch the super bowl but spammers feel that this definitely is an occasion to do so! The most exciting annual championship of the NFL - the Super Bowl XLVI - starts tomorrow. And as (continue reading...) Read more
January 31, 2012 - Nothing can be more enticing than to be chosen for some free goodies—be it mementos, a cash prize, or a ticket to watch a game. It gets even more interesting if you are from a cricket crazy continent and suddenly, (continue reading...) Read more
January 30, 2012 - Malware is often embedded in email as compressed attachments (such as .zip, .rar, etc.). Recently, however, Symantec has noticed an increase in malicious email attacks with .htm (HTML) attachments. Here is what the message looks like in your inbox: (continue reading...) Read more
January 23, 2012 - Recently, I came across a scam email that is trying to take advantage of the hype surrounding the yet-to-be-released iPad 3. The release date of the iPad 3 is still unknown but spammers are already jumping on the bandwagon in (continue reading...) Read more
January 5, 2012 - Years ago, I was a Mystery Shopper. I signed up with a company who would ask me to go shopping at a particular store or restaurant on a specific day. I had to pay attention to certain things, such as (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2011 - Spammers have used scare tactics in the past, notably during the swine flu outbreak in 2009. A similar spam campaign using scare tactics was observed during the weeks leading up to April 1, 2010 as an expansion of the (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2011 - Article contributed by Emily Liu, Symantec Security Response Technician Most of the Russian spam emails we usually encounter are about online advertising, product promotion, and training workshops. These spam emails typically are sent out unsolicited from free or hijacked personal email (continue reading...) Read more
November 21, 2011 - How does Symantec know it's the week of Thanksgiving? Because as the busiest travel day of the year day quickly approaches, the day just before Thanksgiving , there is a surge in fake email ticket confirmations that lead to viruses. Here (continue reading...) Read more
October 31, 2011 - Contributor: Anand Muralidharan Recently, the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi triggered a malware attack which Symantec previously blogged about. We have observed spammers' continued delight with this news event through the sending of malicious attack and 419 spam messages. In (continue reading...) Read more
October 27, 2011 - Over the last few months we have been trying to look deeper into how Web-based malware gets distributed. A lot has been written about the underground economy and how one can buy exploit kits, such as Blackhole, from underground websites. (continue reading...) Read more
October 11, 2011 - Contributor: Christopher Mendes When stalwarts pass away the world mourns their loss, tributes flow and emotions run high. Whenever we lose a legendary figure, their death brings shock or grief and people are hungry for any and every available piece of (continue reading...) Read more
October 7, 2011 - Contributor: Anand Muralidharan The sad news making the rounds these days is the death of Steve Jobs, Apple Co-founder and former CEO. His death has been a terrible loss to both Apple and Apple fans everywhere. Spammers are capitalizing on this incident (continue reading...) Read more
September 27, 2011 - The holiday season is about to commence and spammers have resurfaced with new offers well in advance. We have already observed spam for Christmas and New Year in the month of September, not to mention spam for Halloween, which is (continue reading...) Read more
September 23, 2011 - Thanks to Shravan Shashikant and the Norton Confidential Online team for providing the data, and to Christopher Mendes for compiling it. Does phish taste better than spam? Yes, perhaps it does. Allow me to explain. The recent past has been one of (continue reading...) Read more
September 9, 2011 - Thanks to Vivek Krishnamurthi for contributing to this blog. Every sensitive event is an opportunity to exploit. With this motive in the background, it is not surprising to see spammers exploit 9/11. With the 10th anniversary of the tragedy just a (continue reading...) Read more
September 6, 2011 - Thanks to Amit Kulkarni for his contributions to this blog. Since its launch, the Apple iPhone has been on the wish lists of most consumers. The iPhone 4 has already made an impression in the marketplace, so it is obvious that (continue reading...) Read more
August 3, 2011 - by Francisco Pardo and Nick Johnston Spammers are never idle when it comes to finding new ways to bypass mail filters—after all, this is crucial to a spammer's success. Recently, we've seen a low but steady number of spam messages in (continue reading...) Read more
July 22, 2011 - Like the career of a one hit wonder pop star, it started with a bang and went out with a whisper. Almost two years ago, the big news was about Operation Phish Phry. In October 2009, the FBI announced that (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - Surveys are a great window into people’s minds, especially when they can illuminate contrasting, and even contradictory, behaviors in the same group. Results from the Symantec Online Internet Safety Survey have done just that. The most compelling finding—that respondents frequently (continue reading...) Read more