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There were 2 major malware waves last week that caused a big impact. The first one involved the Outlook Notification virus, which some major AV providers were still unable to catch even after 12 hours in the wild. Did you install the attached file? Installing the attachment would have caused you to spam the worldRead more

Since Russian wife spam is on the rise, I’ll take this occasion to tell you a little story. An old colleague (let’s call him John) answered one of those messages about 2 or 3 years ago, just to see how things would go. The girl replied very quickly, and they soon began chatting about almostRead more

While examining our spam traffic over the last 4 weeks, I extracted the new content data. We received the usual spam every week, but occasionally had noticeable outbreaks. I was curious and compiled the following numbers (note that the % value is a comparison to August): 1st week of September: Quiet week, nothing really noticeableRead more

You’ve never heard of “white spam”? Of course not, I just made it up. Also called “friend spam”, white spam is legitimate email that comes from annoying sources: a friend or relative (or both) who sends his daily home-made blog, details of adventures with his dog or multiple weekly chain letters. In other words, itRead more

You are downtown and don’t have an EVDO/3G connection. After scanning the area, you find an SSID called Free Internet 4 You. Cool! You connect to the network, start checking your emails and maybe do some financial transactions, and you’ve probably fallen into a trap. This tricky HotSpot works just like any other, but itRead more