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  from Mary Landesman
There has been a lot of post-election malicious spam to contend with over the past several days. This week, a look at the latest scams attempting to trick you into infecting your own systems.
 
In the Spotlight
Election-Themed Breaking News Alerts
Attackers are once again using provocative headlines to trick you into visiting malicious websites. The current mal-spam typically arrives with "Breaking news" as the sender. Here are some of the tell-tale subject lines of those malicious email.

 
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UPS Spam Delivers Banking Trojan
New malware is being spammed in an email masquerading as a notice from UPS. The email subject line reads "Your Tracking # 8773004563". Here's a description of the email message and the malware it delivers.

 
Beware Fake Antivirus
One of the most popular social engineering techniques involves convincing you into believing your system is infected. Here's how the scam works and a list of some of the product names you'll want to avoid.

 
 
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