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 | from Mary Landesman Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned - or a person spammed, apparently. Vardan Kushnir, one of the most despised spammers of all time, was found bludgeoned to death in his Moscow apartment this week. Plus, we've got two new Trojans to report. One piggy-backs on news of the London bombings and the other pretends to be the popular iTunes app. |
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| Russian spammer found bludgeoned to death Russia's most infamous spammer, Vardan Kushnir, was found bludgeoned to death in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, July 24th. Kusnir's spam antics earned him the wrath of millions, some of whom retaliated with death threats. |
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| Trojan nabs headlines from London attacks Just hours after BBC published a news report titled London attackers 'meant to kill', the Agent.AD Trojan stole the headline and part of the copy, using it as part of an email ruse to entice victims into opening its infected attachment. | |||||||
| AIM worm impersonates iTunes IM worms continue to expand their repertoire of social engineering tricks. This one tries to disguise itself as the ever-so-popular Apple iTunes. | |||||||
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