Posts Tagged ‘Muammar al-Gaddafi’:


Malware attack poses as bloody photos of Gaddafi’s death

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Tweet The death of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi has almost inevitably resulted in cybercriminals taking advantage of the news story, and the general public’s seeming interest in viewing ghoulish photos and videos of his last moments. Malicious hackers have spammed out an attack posing as pictures of Gaddafi’s death, tricking users into believing that they

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Email Spam – Mrs. Gaddafi offers 40 million dollars for safekeeping

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Tweet Postfrom sophos authered by Chester Wisniewski Imagine my surprise this morning when I received an email from the second wife of Muammar Gaddafi, Safia Farkash al-Baraasi! I suppose I wasn’t really surprised, as every time there is a major news event, tragedy or television spectacle, spammers and fraudsters use the topic to social engineer

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