Tag Archive for: ‘Avalanche’

Avalanche Gang Switches from Traditional Phishing to ZeuS – Softpedia

Security researchers warn that one of the world’s largest phishing gangs, known in the security industry as Avalanche, is now relying on the infamous ZeuS trojan to steal sensitive data from users. The announcement came from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (AP
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Gang called Avalanche blamed for most phishing attacks – Computerworld

IDG News Service – A new report blames a single Eastern European gang for about two-thirds of all phishing attacks conducted in the second half of 2009. The phishing group — named Avalanche by security researchers because of the large quantity of …
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Security experts blame ‘Avalanche’ group for most phishing – Infoworld

… Eastern European gang for about two-thirds of all phishing attempts conducted in the last half of 2009. The phishing group — named Avalanche … said Greg Aaron, director of domain security with Internet infrastructure vendor Afilias, one of …
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