Pump-and-Dump Spam Makes a Comeback on Skype

Trend Micro security experts have not seen pump-and-dump spam campaigns in a fairly long time. In fact, some of the most recent attacks of this kind were last seen last year:

Pump-and-Dump Spammers Take on Amazon “Storm Pump and Dump”: The Musical Taking Stock of Spam

In a pump-and-dump attack, spammers raise the stock [...]

FAKEAV Cashes in on Austin, Texas Plane Crash

News of another plane crash shook Americans on Thursday morning. Reportedly, a begrudged pilot, furious with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), intentionally crashed a small plane on the building that housed the agency’s office in Austin, Texas. Although the said incident was tagged “an isolated event” and not an act of terrorism, cybercriminals launched [...]