Blended attacks in Q2 2012
- http://www.commtouch...port-july-2012/
July 12, 2012 - "Commtouch’s quarterly Internet Threats Trend Report covers Web threats, phishing, malware, and spam. The July 2012 report describes how distributors of malware, spam and phishing attacks are relying more and more on compromised websites. This tactic is designed to outwit email security and Web security systems that consider a site’s reputation before blocking it. Legitimate websites with positive online reputations but with deficient plugins and known vulnerabilities were harvested en masse in the second quarter of 2012 to host redirects, malware, pharmacy sites and phony login pages. The hacked websites were combined with effective social engineering that exploited multiple well-known brands to draw in victims. Similar branding tricks were used to distributed malware via email attachments. The popular file synchronization and sharing site Dropbox was also used as a malware distribution point in an attack promising free movie tickets..."
(More detail in slideshow at the URL above.)
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- http://www.commtouch.com/download/2336
- http://blog.commtouc...cks-in-q2-2012/
July 12, 2012 - Infographic
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2012 June Symantec Intelligence Report - slideshow:
- http://www.slideshar...lligence-report
Jul 06, 2012
Edited by AplusWebMaster, 13 July 2012 - 02:08 PM.