Spam….Text File in RAR n ZIP

We have received numerous emails today regarding yet another round of spam hitting the cyberwaves. This spam is nothing more than a new twist on the pump and dump stock market emails. The emails include a ZIP or RAR file for an attachment. Once opened, these contain nothing more than the get rich quick stock […]

Excel Spam

A month back I bloged about the paradigm shift in Spam Image to PDF and now its Microsoft Excel files. We have just received a sudden flood of stock pump-n-dump attachment Spam, this time using the XLS format instead of PDF. Spammers are sending the same XLS files wrapped within ZIP files too. At present […]

Mailer-Deamon

Today morning I received a mail which looked strange to me as it sender “Mailer-Deamon”, the word Deamon made me go through it. It seems the postcard (greeting cards) has morphed into this new version. They have changed the text matter and subject line, the body of the mail still contains links to download an […]

Postcard mail subject update

Here are some of the Subject seen in the mails containing links to malware file deceive as greetings send by some one close. Celebrate Your Independence Independence Day At The Park Fourth of July Party American Pride, On The 4th God Bless America Happy B-Day USA July 4th Family Day Your Nations Birthday July 4th […]

E-greeting continues

Mails send from egreetings.Com with malicious links is still floating around. The subject of these mails is formed using below keywords You’ve received [a|n] [greeting|] [postcard|ecard] from a [admirer|class-mate|colleague|family member|friend|mate|neighbor|neighbour|partner|school friend|school mate|school-mate|worshipper]! Here is one of such subject line used ” You’ve received a greeting card from a class mate!” The website page has javascript […]