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Microsoft Support informs you…

Since yesterday, our lab has detected a flood of email messages that seem to contain a Microsoft Update, but it’s actually malware. We’ve seen around 3,000 in a few hours.The message is like the following:This email, which seems to have been sent by the Microsoft Support team, informs you that a …source


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Attackers Buying Own Data Centers for Botnets, Spam (Linux Today)

ThreatPost: “The malware writers and criminals who run botnets for years have been using shared hosting platforms and so-called bulletproof hosting providers as bases of operations for their online crimes. But, as law enforcement agencies and security experts have moved to take these providers offline, the criminals have taken the next step and begun setting [...]


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Botnet Baddies Setting Up Own ISPs For Unfettered Spamming [Spam] (Gizmodo)

Well, this is equal parts frightening and annoying: malware writers and their lot have been buying up data centers and getting approved for large blocks of IP space. What’s that mean? That they can…source


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Microsoft Support informs you…

Since yesterday, our lab has detected a flood of email messages that seem to contain a Microsoft Update, but it’s actually malware. We’ve seen around 3,000 in a few hours.The message is like the following:This email, which seems to have been sent by the Microsoft Support team, informs you that a …source


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Apple angling to transform TV? (The Register)

Talks with CBS, Disney Apple is reportedly talking with CBS and Disney in its search for content partners for a planned subscription-based television service.… Offloading malware protection to the cloudsource