Tag: pump-and-dump spam
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Mostly blocked, but still good enough: Necurs sending pump-and-dump spam
Over the past few days, the Necurs spam botnet has increased its activity, sending large amounts of pump-and-dump spam, in which a cheap stock is pushed with the aim of making a profit for those behind the campaign. The Dynamoo blog lists examples of the various emails sent, while Cisco ‘s Talos group provides some…
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Mostly blocked, but still good enough: Necurs sending pump-and-dump spam
Over the past few days, the Necurs spam botnet has increased its activity, sending large amounts of pump-and-dump spam, in which a cheap stock is pushed with the aim of making a profit for those behind the campaign. The Dynamoo blog lists examples of the various emails sent, while Cisco ‘s Talos group provides some…
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Syrian conflict used in pump-and-dump spam
Short campaign could have had desired effect. Pump-and-dump spam is almost as old as spam itself: emails are sent out promoting worthless ‘penny stocks’, which have been purchased by the scammers before the start of the campaign. The hope is that the hype contained in the emails will encourage others to invest in the stock,…
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Five botnets responsible for 75% of spam sent
Each infected machine sends spam at rate of almost two messages per second. Spam levels have increased 60% since the beginning of this year, according to security company Marshal8e6 in its latest Security Threats report. The increase means that spam levels are now back at where they were mid-2008, prior to the closure of the…