Bots among the fortune 1000s companies
An article on The Register shows that spam can also be send from networks of fortune 1000 companies. Data that has been collected by Support Intelligence, a firm that uses spam traps and other methods…
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Fake Internet Explorer 7 Downloads spam
MX Lab issues a warning for an email messages that is offering you to download the latest version of Internet Explorer 7. This email contains a link to an .exe file that is in fact…
MX Lab provides protection for webdesigner Seb Duggan
Seb Duggan, a UK-based, freelance webdesigner was using MX Logic, a company that also provides managed email security in a similar way like MX Lab, for the protection of his own domains and for his…
Blogs under attack
Hackers are targeting blogs by exploiting the trackback feature to launch spam attacks. According to SC Magazine, the Filipino online news agency Newsbreak was hit with over 27,000 pornographic links to its web site. The…
"Belgisch Internet Register"
Today I received a letter on behalf of my company of the German company DAD GmbH regarding the “Belgisch Internet Register”. Each year we can expect such a letter and DAD GmbH gets it’s information…
Stock spammers out of work?
MX Lab is intercepting these kind of messages where stock spammers are looking for clients. Are they out of work or what? —- Hello! stock owner, We are a stock advancement company and we can encourage any sort of stocks. We have been working on US market of shares for 3 years. But these days it is difficult to work on US market. We are in search of grave partners in Europe with whom we can make business together. That offer is for you if you own a company and you want to encourage it. We promote stocks by mass email advertising. Stock owner We can increase the price of your SHARE and we can increase average day trading volume. We can increase price up to 200-260% in 2 weeks and also we can increase range by 10 times each trading day. You don`t have to pay anything in in advance. First we increase the cost and the volume, then…
Citibank phishing emails for Belgium internet users
MX Lab has captured some emails from “Citibank” intended for Belgian customers that have all the trademarks of phishing techniques. A quick investigation learns us that this emails is not valid. The senders email address…
“Operation Spamalot” by SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading for 35 companies that have been the subject of recent and repeated spam email campaigns. This operation is taken care of under the name “Operation Spamalot” and will…
Symantec antivirus software needs critical update
A new worm, know under the name Rinbot (by Symantec) or Delbot (by Sophos), is using a security flaw in the Symantec anti virus software that seeks to set up botnets from which denial-of-service attacks…