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Category Archives: Malware

2014 Message Security Predictions

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 Cloudmark Leave a comment

As many start-ups are teaching us, eyeballs and information are hot commodities. As online marketers branch out, mobile messaging, in particular SMS, as a communications channel is poised to become the next email — completely saturated with legitimate businesses looking to easily connect with and market to end-users. Marketing firms won’t be the only ones […]

Posted in 2013, 2014, Cloudmark, Malware, Mobile, Predictions, Ransomware, SMS / Texting, Social Networking, Spam

Globetrotting Mobile Banking Trojans Show Off Their Tricks

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 Tom Landesman 1 Comment

There’s no doubting it. Mobile threats around the globe are evolving. Korea was recently targeted by an Android trojan masquerading as the Google Play app that overwrites legitimate banking apps with malicious fakes poised to steal the user’s banking credentials. Over in Spain, an Android trojan has stepped in, trying to pass itself off as an […]

Posted in Cloudmark, Malware, Mobile

Do not download now.

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 Cloudmark Leave a comment

Cloudmark continues to see spam advertising an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat Reader. Links contained within emails with the subject line “Action required : Upgrade New Adobe Acrobat Reader For Your PC” do not lead you to an official Adobe website. The message may seem legitimate to the unknowing recipient since the URLs in spam and […]

Posted in Cloudmark, Malware, Viruses

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