Valentine’s
Valentine's Day spam starts to appear
More event-related threats.
Feb 2 2010 1:47PM
Why cybercriminals love a good Valentine’s Day
For cybercriminals, Valentine's Day is just another opportunity to draw in unsuspecting internet users, as Phil Vasic, A/NZ country manager for Websense, explains.
Feb 10 2009 2:55PM
Symantec prepares for Valentine’s Day massacre
Symantec has identified 20 subject lines from spam emails intending to capitalise on this weekend's Valentine's Day.
Feb 9 2009 3:26PM
Valentine's spam starts to heat up
Security experts are warning users of a rising tide in Valentine's day-themed spam messages and malware attacks.
Jan 30 2009 4:47PM
Email worm spreads under guise of Valentine's Day greetings
The criminal group behind the Waledac email worm, distributed last week in inauguration-related phishing attacks, is now leveraging Valentine's Day to distribute malware and expand a botnet.
Jan 28 2009 10:36AM
Storm clouds Valentine's Day inboxes
The Storm worm is showing no signs of letting up in its Valentine's Day assault..
Feb 15 2008 8:14AM
Hackers roll out Valentine's Day rootkit
Nurech.B spreads through e-card spoofs.
Feb 16 2007 10:25AM
Mass-spammed Valentine's Day worm attack underway
A virus posing as a Valentine's Day message has been spammed to email recipients in a global campaign.
Feb 15 2007 6:31AM
New IM, Valentine's Day threat disclosed
Instant messenger users have another thing to worry about, according to security firm Symantec.
Mar 10 2006 9:08PM
Organized cyber criminals target Valentine’s Day surfers
In the run-up to Valentine’s Day, security experts have warned that a recent jump in the number of online dating sites across the world can be at least partly attributed to the increase in malevolent websites used by cyber criminal as an opportune moment for phishing, spam and hacker attacks on unsuspecting victims.
Feb 13 2006 10:15AM
St Valentine's Day worm massacre
Virus writers are targeting the world’s lovers by creating Valentine’s Day related malicious code. Two worms, Kipis-H and VBSWG-D, are spreading their love and destructive payload, via email and peer-to-peer networks.
Feb 11 2005 3:02PM
Trend Micro sends Valentine's warning
Anti-virus firm Trend Micro is warning users to be suspicious of Valentine’s greeting emails on Saturday, February 14.
Feb 13 2004 2:52PM
Prepare for more threats on Valentine’s Day
Akonix Systems, an enterprise security solutions provider, is warning companies to be on guard for additional infosec threats come Valentine’s Day.
Jan 28 2004 9:50PM
