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McAfee Research Blog McAfee Labs Publishes ‘March Spam Report’March 10th, 2010Posted by Dan Sommer McAfee Labs today published its March Spam Report. This month authors Adam Wosotowsky and Elan Winkler discuss a possible charity scam in France that takes advantage of sympathy for the victims of the Haitian earthquake, examine a “ham campaign” regarding events in Haiti, and look at another fraudulent attempt to connect “lonely women” with victims’ [...] Chilean Earthquake Spawns MalwareMarch 10th, 2010Posted by Shannon Cole
Targeted Internet Explorer Zero-Day Attack Announced (CVE-2010-0806)March 10th, 2010Posted by Craig Schmugar Earlier today, Microsoft released Security Advisory (981374). This advisory covers CVE-2010-0806, an unpatched vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7. This attack appears to be rather targeted at the moment, but as with other unpatched vulnerabilities in the past, this has the potential to explode now that the word is getting out. McAfee Labs is aware of [...]
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