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Cybercriminals impersonate law enforcement, spamvertise malware-serving ‘Speeding Ticket’ themed emails

Posted on July 25, 2012 by ddanchev

By Dancho Danchev

Not fearing prosecution, cybercriminals regularly impersonate law enforcement online in an attempt to socially engineer  end users and corporate users into interacting with their malicious campaigns. From 419 scams, police ransomware, to law enforcement themed malware-serving email campaigns, cybercriminals continue abusing the international branches of various law enforcement agencies.

In this post, I’ll profile a currently spamvertised malware-serving campaign, indicating that the user has “violated red light traffic signal” and that he should download the fake camera recording of his vehicle attached to the email.

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Posted in malware, social engineering, spam, Threat Research, Trojans | Tagged cybercrime, Malicious Software, malware, security, spam, Spam Campaign, Spam Email, Spamming, Speeding Ticket | 1 Comment

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